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). PREVIOUS FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS FRIDAY CABLE & […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 14 and Sunday December 15, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   College Football Week 16 4.2 rating CBS 3:00 Army vs Navy 2.7 rating ESPN 8:00 […]

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). ###

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  All the 8PM shows except THE ORIGINALS were adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers, so their position relative to each other stayed the same–but ABC must be relieved that AGENTS OF SHIELD declined just 0.1 for the week.  At 9PM, SUPERNATURAL went down 0.1, making ORIGINALS the highest -rated CW show of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS fell two-tenths to 0.72, and the season premiere of THE GOOD DOCTOR was at 0.41, down 0.16 from January’s season premiere. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.03 to 0.66, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.05 to 0.59, NCIS slipped 0.02 to 0.71, and NCIS: HAWAII ticked down to […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday October 5 through Sunday October 11, 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 GRAMMY AWARDS adjusted to 5.4, down 0.2 from 2019, and the RED CARPET ARRIVALS pre-show ended up at 1.5.  In addition, BATWOMAN lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a transition night for Showtime, where […]

Yesterday we did our homework and reviewed the groundrules for calculating the meaning of primetime network ad rates listed by Ad Age in its yearly survey.  So… all that being said, where are the networks making their money this season?  Or not? A quick refresher on some critical numbers:  the typical 1-hour TV episode has […]