> We said ABC would be wearing a smiley face after last night’s fine numbers, and the network wasted no time in acting on the good news.  REVENGE and SUBURGATORY have received full-season back orders, and HAPPY ENDINGS (which was a midseason show last year, so didn’t have a full order this season) has a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE OSCARS saw a moderate boost from 2022, up 0.27 (7%) in 18-49s to 4.03, and up 2.15M (13%) in total viewers to 18.76M.  Although that’s still far below the 5.3/23.59M of 2020, it was still encouraging in the context of other awards shows heading steadily downward. CBS:  After a 60 […]

> It was all trick and no treat last night, especially for one of the networks. FOX:  The network can blame Halloween for distracting some of its family audience, and cite the atypical competition from ABC’s Shrek special, but a 2.1 for TERRA NOVA is still quite alarming.  With only a few episodes remaining until […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday April 3 through Sunday April 9, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K 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 […]

> The night before Thanksgiving has an odd balance:  viewership is down, but advertiser interest is up (anyone who watched primetime last night was buried under retailer promos for Black Friday sales)–hence, original programming on a night that often sees season-low ratings. ABC:  The Alphabet was both the main recipient and victim of the odd […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL slipped 0.03 to 0.58, and the season finale of THE GOOD DOCTOR was at 0.32, down 0.02 from last week and down 0.04 from last season’s finale. CBS:  Back from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.06 to 0.48, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.06 to 0.40.  Airing […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

World Series Game 1 on FOX (New York Mets at Kansas City Royals 10.27.2015) averaged a 4.6 adult 18-49 rating and 15.3 million viewers 2+ in the fast nationals for the prime time portion of the game.  Of course, last night’s game went well beyond 11 pm ET: a 14 inning affair that lasted over […]