The Upfronts are over, which means the real Upfronts are about to begin–that is, the networks’ advance sale of advertising time (usually about 80% of the season’s total) for the Fall 2013 TV season.  Although last week’s Upfront presentations now serve a marketing and publicity purpose as well, their original–and still most important–goal is […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, tying it with BULL as CBS’s highest-rated show of the night.  The BROOKLYN NINE-NINE premiere also rose 0.1.  In terms of quarter-hour tracks, BULL was admirably steady, dropping just 0.1 at the half-hour point.  THIS IS US was more front-loaded due to its big […]

> Viewers continue to be uninspired by the network offerings:  with one exception, season lows were the order of the evening. CBS:  CSI benefited from a repeat SVU on NBC and no Revenge on ABC, and scored its second-best rating of the season.  Before that, though, SURVIVOR tied a season low even though this was […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 20 through Sunday July 26, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The LITTLE BIG SHOTS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart         CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As was the case last year, the newly-rebranded MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS aired across the Viacom suite of networks.  On MTV […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE and MY LAST DAYS each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated the night at 2.94.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was the highest-rated show not related to basketball at […]

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 10: February 27-March 5, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  THE WORLD’S BEST didn’t rate that way. 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). Ratings analysis […]