This past sports weekend was dominated by four Divisional playoff games.  The first game in the Saturday doubleheader, traditionally the weakest matchup, turned out to be one of the best games (an exciting contest finally settled in double overtime). The Ravens and Broncos game Saturday at 4:30 (21.6 HH rating in the 56 large markets with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Once again, local NFL PRESEASON games shook up the preliminary ratings.  Since the night was mostly reruns, there’s no need for detailed analysis.  Here’s the summary:  there were 0.2 drops for BH90210, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, and 0.1 drops for AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  For the next week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed, probably until the night after the charts were posted.  In addition, it’s likely that the only box office post this weekend will be the Year To Date/Studio Scorecard piece on Sunday.  Things should return to normal by April […]

For years now, we have received television ratings the following business day, except for network programs broadcast before or after prime time. Such programs that air in the morning, daytime, early evening or late night periods are not so affectionately called “fringe” dayparts. For decades, fringe daypart ratings for the broadcast networks have been released […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  On another heavy COLLEGE FOOTBALL day, ABC’s primetime game was at 0.74, NBC’s was at 0.42, and FOX’s was at 0.78, although CBS had the prize with its afternoon game at 2.88.  NBC’s SNL was down 0.07 to 0.66.  CW’s QUEEN ELIZABETH:  THE WOMAN BEHIND THE CROWN special was at 0.06.   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 2 had a smaller adjustment in finals than Game 1, up 0.3 to 4.2, which left it down 0.6 from 2016’s Game 2.  Elsewhere, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR fell 0.1 to a new low 0.7, and THE BLACKLIST also lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY and MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was dominant at 3.51.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP rose 0.07 to 1.04, […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 6 through Sunday January 12, 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 […]