The prime time portion of the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics averaged a stunning 12.4 rating with Adults 18-49, blowing away last year’s 10.3 rating from Beijing (which was very good for an Olympics not hosted by the United States).    The half-hour ratings for the prime time portion of the telecast showed solid […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 30 and Sunday January 31, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NFL 5.03 rating ESPN 7:00 pm […]

  The pattern of solid 2018 returns continued. 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 follows the […]

Tuesday ratings.  America’s Got Talent matched last year’s same night rating, a rare achievement for any returning show in today’s environment.  Last night’s AGT had a significant advantage (two-hour length) over last year’s episode (one-hour duration), but a 2.3 rating from 9-11 pm is very solid in any case.  In fact, AGT last night peaked at a […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for GREY’S ANATOMY and THE BIG BANG THEORY in final numbers, but THE ODD COUPLE, MOM, THE 100 and GAME OF SILENCE (the latter at a new low) lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although ESPN’s coverage […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but NO TOMORROW dropped the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND rose 0.12 to take Wednesday cable honors at 0.87, with HUNTING HITLER up […]

  FRIDAY STARZ:  It doesn’t appear as though DA VINCI’S DEMONS is going to be a gamechanger for Starz, as the series debuted with a tame 0.4 in 18-49s, about half of the total viewership of 1M.  That was coming off a 0.6 rating for the series finale of SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED, which […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.58/0.31.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY dropped 0.06 to 0.40, and SUMMER HOUSE was up 0.02 to 0.24.  TBS’s FULL […]