>ESPN’s Monday Night Football was back with a vengeance this week — a 6.4 Adult 18-49 rating for the Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers, the highest-rated game since November 7 (6.9 rating for Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles).   NFL Network was not so lucky Thursday, drawing the Jacksonville Jaguars at Atlanta Falcons.  The game […]

> It’s been a long, long time, but finally the prayers of MAD MEN fans are being answered:  at the Television Critics Association gathering today, AMC confirmed that the series will return at 9PM on Sunday March 25, with a 2-hour episode written by Genius Emeritus Matthew Weiner. The following Sunday, April 1, AMC brings […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  It was a good adjustment night for CBS, where 2 BROKE GIRLS gained 0.2 in final numbers, and both MIKE & MOLLY and SCORPION found an extra 0.1.  In addition, GOTHAM, THE VOICE and DANCING WITH THE STARS all gained 0.1 when all the votes were counted.  Ratings in key demos for […]

  It’s rare for a 10PM drama to win the night. 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 UPDATE:  Both NCIS and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained 0.1 in final numbers for their crossover episodes.  The rest of the networks, including the NBC Dick Wolf crossover and FOX’s sitcoms, stayed as-is. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Let’s take a minute to dig into MTV’s numbers last […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 48: November 21-27, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The TROLLS HOLIDAY special dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and DATELINE was down 0.1.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the HEISMAN TROPHY ceremony led Saturday cable at 0.64, with TOP RANK BOXING at 0.43, a COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 21 and Sunday May 22 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Triple Crown: Preakness Stakes […]