Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 13 through Sunday January 19, 2020.  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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.79, down considerably from the 1.4 for the October 2020 premiere.  QUEENS premiered at 0.36. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.43/0.35. NBC:  THE VOICE fell two-tenths to 0.66, LA BREA was down 0.08 to 0.55, and NEW AMSTERDAM dipped 0.03 to 0.34. FOX:  THE RESIDENT […]

  BIG BROTHER once again dominated all the scripted competition. 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 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There were the usual 0.1 bumps (for THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and MODERN FAMILY on ABC, and for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS on CBS), and dips (CSI). but the more interesting point is what didn’t go up.  There was no afternoon joy for AMERICAN IDOL, setting things up for a potential record-breaking low […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 rose 0.09 to 0.53, GREY’S ANATOMY lost 0.03 to 0.46, and ALASKA DAILY was up 0.05 to 0.26. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON ticked up to 0.56, GHOSTS gained 0.02 to 0.53, SO HELP ME TODD ticked up to 0.32, and CSI; VEGAS was down 0.02 to 0.28. NBC:  Returning from […]

  The first MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL-less Monday of the season was solid for the networks, especially in the 8PM hour. 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 […]

  Thanks to SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, THE VOICE and Dick Wolf, NBC is in stable–if unexciting–shape as the 2015-16 season ends, and the Peacock’s fall line-up is as notable for what it doesn’t do as for what it does.  Although the network has ordered a dozen new series, only 3 of them will begin airing […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from this morning’s numbers.  The CBS portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.3, up 1.2 from last week’s final network number. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The NFL Network piece of THURSDAY NIGHT […]