Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday April 19 through Sunday April 25, 2021.  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. For comparison we are setting aside this […]

ABC won the final Sunday of the May Sweep with the Billboard Music Awards and very little competition from the other networks.  The FOX animated comedies ended their seasons at or near their respective lows, while NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice ended its season with a steep year-to-year decline and CBS programmed this final Sunday as it usually does (with a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NFL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.45. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.07 to 0.27, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST was steady at 0.29, and DATELINE ticked down to 0.46. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked down to 0.47. CW:  A rerun of 2040 at 0.02. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to football adjustment, DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.1 in final numbers, TO TELL THE TRUTH dropped 0.2, and CW’s reruns of SUPERGIRL and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY were down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY […]

  A few small upticks on a quiet night.  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 and […]

>DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows once […]

> When AMC was done confirming (but not explaining) Frank Darabont’s ex-showrunner status at The Walking Dead and swearing they’ll never, ever do anything like the season finale of The Killing again, they found time at the Television Critics Association gathering today to announce a premiere date for their new drama HELL ON WHEELS.  The […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday June 13, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]