ABC’s Friday sitcoms ended their seasons quietly. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7, 2015. 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. Horse Racing: […]

  Not much to say about a night mostly occupied by the State of the Union Address. CW:  As the only network TV series airing against coverage of the President’s speech, SUPERNATURAL got a 0.1 boost to 1.2, even with its season high.  THE ORIGINALS, which faced more normal competition, was down 0.1 to 1.0. […]

  CHICAGO MED checked in for what should be a lengthy stay. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game held at 1.6, and FOX’s game rose 0.3 to 1.5.  In addition, RUNNING WILD gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL games and related programming occupied the Top 8 slots on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.62.  In addition, 48 HOURS adjusted up to the next tenth.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had Saturday cable’s Top 3 slots with an NBA game at 0.38, and UFC coverage at 0.36/0.30.  CNN’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As it did last week, RECKLESS lost 0.1 in final numbers, down to a woeful 0.6.  BIG BROTHER and WIPEOUT each gained 0.1. SUNDAY CABLE:  HBO’s TRUE BLOOD led the night with 1.7, up 0.1 from last week.  Considering the offbeat nature of THE LEFTOVERS, it held fairly well in its 2d […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the movie BRAVE at 0.33 was followed by a rerun of THE CHASE at 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.29/0.25/0.23. NBC:  The season premiere of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.47, up a tick from the 2021 premiere.  The season premiere of WEAKEST LINK was at 0.35. FOX:  DON’T […]