NETWORK UPDATE:  Lots of 0.1 adjustments, with bumps for NBC’s 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR and FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage, and declines for the 8PM THE MILLERS and the 9PM THE MCCARTHYS burn-offs as well as the rerun of the BRUCE JENNER INTERVIEW.  There was also a 0.2 drop for the 48 HOURS rerun. […]

Halloween always depresses television usage levels of 2-34 year-olds, but last night it looks like 35-49 year-olds also took the night off from watching TV in greater than normal numbers.  Just an awful night for network TV, with season lows reached on various shows.  FOX won the night with only a 2.7 adult 18-49 rating, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings, which meant that CW’s BEING REUBEN stayed at its 0.0 scores (for the curious, the slightly less-rounded numbers were 0.04/0.03).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Friday cable […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 29 and Sunday August 30, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Football […]

NOTE: Last year’s college football Saturday prime time premiere (Wisconsin vs Alabama, also on ABC, on 9.5.2015) averaged a 2.7 adult 18-49 rating in both the fast nationals and official nationals.  This year’s USC-Alabama game averaged a 2.4 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm ET in the fast nationals, and the official rating will probably […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing for the first time since April 14, SHARK TANK gained 0.04 to 0.37, and 20/20 was up 0.02 to 0.29. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, the now-canceled SWAT dropped 0.09 to 0.30, FIRE COUNTRY was also down 0.09 to 0.32, and BLUE BLOODS was steady at 0.30. NBC:  After […]

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next week or so. (All times Pacific.) Wednesday Nov 22 nationals available Monday Nov 27 at 1 pm (normally Thursday pm) Thursday Nov 23 nationals available Tuesday Nov 28 at 7 am (normally […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD ticked up to 0.49.  ESPN’s coverage of the UFC PRELIMS was at 0.48.  Food Network’s morning trio had PIONEER WOMAN up 0.06 to […]