NETWORK FINALS:  LEGENDS OF TOMORROW lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.96/0.96/0.83, compared to last week’s 0.91/0.90/0.85.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.80 compared to last week’s 0.95/0.90/0.72, and it was […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA n/a College Basketball NCAA […]

  CBS and NBC numbers below inflated by local pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games: CBS (Pittsburgh and Kansas City pre-emptions) and NBC (New York and Tampa). 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 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Changes from morning numbers were minor.  CASTLE slipped 0.1 to 1.7, an even lower season low, ALMOST HUMAN edged up 0.1 to 1.8, 2 of the BLACKLIST reruns moved up 0.1 to 1.0, and BEAUTY & THE BEAST narrowly avoided the shame of an 0.1 rating for its rerun, rising to 0.2. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The FOX end of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.5.  In addition, BIG BROTHER and MATCH GAME gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s piece of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.84, down 0.92 from […]

  Several networks returned from their holiday hibernations.  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 […]

> See A Word About Busted Pilots It’s entirely possible that BAD MOM wouldn’t have worked as a network TV series.  It represented an unusual attempt for a broadcast network (ABC) to step into the “edgy” sitcom territory that’s been the property of cable networks like HBO, Showtime and FX, and the pilot was clearly […]

Ratings for Night 2 of the Democratic National Convention: Average of DNC Nights 1-2:   Also be sure to check out our special report on the differences between DNC and RNC viewers historically. ###