Through the first four nights (Sunday-Wednesday), SHARK WEEK on Discovery is averaging 3,077,000 persons 2+ live+same day and a 1.38 adult 18-49 rating.  Comparing the similar nights from past years, Shark Week 2015 is down -5% with persons 2+ from 2014 and down -9% from 2013.  With adults 18-49, the declines are even steeper: 2015 is […]

  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT stayed on top despite a dip. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). […]

  CBS is the most stable of the major broadcast networks, and honcho Les Moonves had stated last week that he expected to launch only around 2 dramas and 2 comedies in the fall, so unsurprisingly, the network has followed its 3-year deal to renew THE BIG BANG THEORY and its agreement to bring back […]

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 38: September 13-19, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  The Chinese water torture that has been NBC’s announcement of its renewals and pick-ups continues with the glad tidings that PARKS & RECREATION has at long last received its (albeit 13-episode) order, as well as news that UP ALL NIGHT has survived to see another season.  The latter, while not a sure thing, isn’t […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). With two preseason NFL games this past week (Friday and Saturday), CBS jumped to the top of the networks in prime time for the week ending Sunday.  (Last week, FOX had two games and claimed the […]

  CBS’s season of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ended with a bang. 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 […]

Two networks competed last night, FOX and NBC, each ending with a preliminary 2.2 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time. FOX‘s Gordon Ramsay cooking combo of Hell’s Kitchen and MasterChef each averaged a 2.2 rating.  The Tuesday tracks for the reality pairing since June 5: Hell’s Kitchen (2.1– 2.2– 2.2– 2.2) and MasterChef (2.2– 2.1– 2.1– 2.2).  It doesn’t get more consistent than […]