Demographic ratings for the Quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup are starting to roll in.  The two matches on Friday July 4 were a mixed bag.  The 11:30 am match on ESPN2 (Germany vs France) averaged 4.2 million viewers of any age, ranking #14 out of 58 matches for this year’s World Cup but the […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday June 21, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

One week to go for the Summer Olympic Games in London, which end with the greatest anti-climax of all:  the Closing Ceremony Sunday night.  The ratings in the final week suffers from viewer fatigue and a dearth of marquee events.  Last night was a perfect example: a preliminary 8.1 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time […]

Last night the regular CBS Thursday schedule tied its season high (premiere night) with a 3.4 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals from 8-11 pm.  Last night is also up over the same night last year (2.8) and up over the season average last year at this point (3.2).  In contrast ABC and FOX […]

Thursday preliminary broadcast ratings:

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 21 and Sunday June 22, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Soccer: World Cup Saturday 2.8 rating ESPN 11:30 am Argentina vs Iran (versus 2.8 rating […]

  The trend was steady to slightly down. 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 […]

  No major shifts. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  CHILD SUPPORT […]