Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday October 31 through Sunday November 6, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

  Mostly there was football. 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 and comparisons follow […]

>Friday viewing patterns are pretty much locked in.  A brief review of the broadcast networks follow for the record.  TBS coverage of two exciting one-run Game 5’s in the National League will be reported when available.  CBS won the third Friday night of the season with a 1.6 Adult 18-49 rating.  A Gifted Man has […]

BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL won primetime with 1.58, while FOX’s game was at 0.61.  CBS aired the GRIO AWARDS at 0.20.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s WORLD CUP matches were at 1.52/0.96/0.44.  COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 1.04/0.71/0.50/0.39 on ESPN, 0.51/0.34/0.12 on Fox Sports 1, 0.23 on […]

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  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.31/0.23/0.25/0.25/0.25. CBS:  After THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT at 0.51, the GRAMMY SALUTE TO PAUL SIMON was at 0,32. NBC:  After a movie at 0.33, THE WHEEL was down 0.05 to 0.28. FOX:  A LEGO special at 0.28. CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.05/0.05. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON slipped 0.02 to 0.23, […]

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  BROADCAST FINALS:  The NFL PLAYOFFS were of course dominant, with FOX’s afternoon game at 6.96 and NBC’s primetime game at 5.53.  CW aired a new WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS at 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.38/0.26/0.15/0.12/0.11 on ESPN, and 0.14/0.09/0.04/0.02 on ESPN2.  On USA, PREMIER […]