NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The cable day was all about COLLEGE FOOTBALL as well, with ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY beating all the actual games at 0.74, and the network’s noon game […]

  The newly-grown linear audience made THE MASKED SINGER even bigger. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MIDDLE, the season finale of CHICAGO MED and NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE 100 lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game owned the night at 3.25, and the preceding NBA DRAFT […]

> NBC has jumped the gun on this year’s Upfront season, and ordered 13 episodes of the Matthew Perry single-camera comedy Go On for its 2012/13 primetime schedule.  In addition to starring Perry, the show is written by Scott Silveri, a veteran Friends writer/producer. (The pilot is directed by Todd Holland.)  In what sounds like […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.49, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was steady at 0.44, SUPERMARKET SWEEP held at 0.35, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.02 to 0.30. CBS:  The network again lacked the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES rose 0.04 to 0.64, THE EQUALIZER slipped 0.02 to 0.57, […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  An assortment of small adjustments.  On ABC, the MARVEL: ASSEMBLING THE UNIVERSE special and THE GOLDBERGS both gained 0.1, while on NBC, THE VOICE (which usually runs until 9:01PM) was up 0.1 while ABOUT A BOY lost the corresponding 0.1.  Both PERSON OF INTEREST and SUPERNATURAL ticked up 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 14 through Sunday January 20, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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 for the same […]

We are estimating Game 1 of the World Series last night (Detroit at San Francisco) will go up from a 3.2 in the fast nationals to around a 3.8 in the official nationals later today.  Although that will be enough to win the night, it will be the second-lowest Game 1 in history (only 2006’s […]