Scandal is on its way to becoming a phenomenon. ABC: With the season finale still to come, last night’s SCANDAL set a series record 3.2. That was up an incredible 0.6 from last week, up 0.3 from its lead-in, and towers over anything else airing at 10PM on network TV. For its part, GREY’S […]
Some shows said farewell to their seasons more effectively than others. ABC: SCANDAL had its biggest season finale to date, up 0.4 from last week to 3.4 and (with Big Bang Theory in reruns) easily the highest-rated show of the night. It towered over lead-in GREY’S ANATOMY, which fell 0.1 to 2.5 after an […]
NETWORK FINALS: MACGYVER lost 0.1 in final numbers. In addition, FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.0. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable, up 0.09 to 0.64, with MASTER OF ARMS up 0.02 to 0.22. A&E’s […]
NETWORK UPDATE: THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final Friday numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It’s not currently on the chart below, because of the way Adult Swim lists it, but the highest-rated cable original […]
> AMC has just announced the Season 2 premiere for THE WALKING DEAD, and they’ve made an interesting decision: when the show returns on Sunday October 16, it will air at 9PM instead of its original timeslot at 10. This is unusual for AMC, which airs Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Killing all at […]
Season finales continue not to catch fire. 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 and comparisons […]
Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday April 15 through Sunday April 21, 2019. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 4 and Sunday April 5, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball NCAA Basketball Championship: Final Four Round Saturday 9.64 rating TBS+TNT+TRU 6:00 pm #1-Duke vs […]