Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 17 through Sunday August 23, 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 […]

  Another round of subpar season finales. 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 comparisons follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS game and the 9PM CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD rerun rose 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8PM SUPERNATURAL rerun lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not surprisingly, Thursday cable was obsessed with James Comey’s […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Golf: PGA WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 1.9 rating CBS 2:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-37% from 3.0 […]

  MACGYVER exited quietly. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS wasn’t hurt as much by the football adjustments as it might have been:  THE BIG BANG THEORY lost 0.1 to 3.9, MOM dropped 0.2 to 2.6 (still up 0.6 from last week), 2 1/2 MEN lost 0.2 to 2.3 (still up 0.4), THE MCCARTHYS also fell 0.2 to 1.8 (still up […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS bore the brunt of Monday’s adjustments, with 0.1 drops for 2 BROKE GIRLS, MIKE & MOLLY and STALKER.  In addition, THE NIGHT SHIFT fell 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA lost a quarter-point, but was still easily the strongest show of the night at 1.64, and an AFTERPARTY lead-out […]