Perhaps yesterday’s lion-slaying story helped the animals-on-the-march thriller ZOO. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Because of the many sports preemptions on Thursday  night, our full broadcast network analysis is below. ABC:  The season finale of BOY BAND was up 0.1 to 0.6, but both BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS and the rerun of THE GONG SHOW were down 0.1 to 0.5. CBS:  BIG […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 2: January 3-9, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS rose 0.08 to 0.67, THE WONDER YEARS climbed 0.06 to 0.50, THE CONNERS jumped a tenth to 0.56, and HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.09 to 0.38.  THE CHASE was up 0.06 to 0.33. CBS:  After a THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT special at 0.61, THE AMAZING RACE fell […]

> All the buzz and acclaim for Showtime’s HOMELAND started to pay off in the ratings for its season finale, which climbed from the show’s usual 0.4-0.5 level to a 0.7.  That’s still no blockbuster, but in the mostly tiny world of pay-cable ratings, an increase of 40-50% is no small deal.  The show also […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Note: The NHL playoff fast nationals below contain west coast viewing of […]

The second night of the London Summer Olympics (and the first night of competition featuring Beach Volleyball, Men’s Gymnastics Qualifying, and Swimming — including the official changing of the guard as Michael Phelps failed to make the medal stand in his first try while the younger Ryan Lochte took the gold) averaged an 8.2 rating […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). PREVIOUS FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS FRIDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]