NBC’s Winter Olympic coverage Tuesday night averaged a 4.8 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm, below the same night in Vancouver 2010 (5.5 rating) and well below the same night in Turin 2006 (7.5 rating), which was helped by figure skating.  Last night’s events were not exactly marquee: Women’s Giant Slalom, Men’s Halfpipe, Men’s Snowboard Cross, […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 1 through Sunday August 7, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

  The only faint sign of ratings life came from the US OLYMPIC TRIALS. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday April 7-8, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, April 8-9, […]

  The KENNEDY CENTER HONORS weren’t as bright this year. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MISTRESSES lost its 0.1 morning bump in final numbers, while AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR went up the same, as did the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY rerun.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the HOME RUN DERBY took Monday […]

  ABC:  Last week, CRISTELA premiered 0.1 higher than its lead-in LAST MAN STANDING; this week, LAST MAN rose 0.1 (to 1.3) and CRISTELA declined 0.1 (to 1.2), but they’re still looking like a very compatible pair, albeit not at high numbers.  SHARK TANK as usual led everything on the networks Friday night, down 0.1 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 5 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.7 (down 1.9 from 2018’s Game 5), and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.7 (down 0.9 from last week).  The CBS football-related adjustments included a 0.6 drop for 60 MINUTES, and 0.1 declines for GOD FRIENDED ME and MADAM SECRETARY.  In […]