>A pretty weak night on network TV compared to the same night last year, with three networks down and one up only low single digits.  CBS did the best, winning Tuesday night with a 3.3 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals, up 3% versus the same night last November.  FOX was second with a […]

    BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s WORLD SERIES Game 2 was at 2.42, down 0.43 from Game 1, but up 0.18 from 2021’s Game 2 (on a Wednesday).  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 1.30.  CBS’s NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.23.  On CW, MAGIC WITH THE STARS ticked down to 0.04, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was […]

  NOTE:  ABC ratings will likely be adjusted in finals to reflect local preemptions for a high-rated MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game. 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) […]

>Friday patterns are really set in stone.  CBS won another Friday with a 1.6 rating (same as last week) with three pricey scripted dramas:  A Gifted Man (1.3 rating, up 0.1 from last week), CSI: NY (1.7, up 0.1) and Blue Bloods (1.7, down 0.2). FOX was #2 on the night with a 1.3 rating (down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Most of the broadcast networks aired reruns on Thanksgiving.  NBC of course had the primetime NFL game, which at 7.08 was 1.42 higher than last year’s game.  FOX, though, took the honors with the afternoon game at a massive 12.46, and not wanting to waste that lead-in, the network aired episodes of […]

Note: ABC numbers below inflated by local broadcast pre-emptions in Philadelphia on WPVI and Washington DC on WJLA for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (which also aired nationally on ESPN). 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 […]

> Before reality television, there was the Jerry Lewis Telethon.   Back in the 1970s, if you lived on the East Coast and turned on your TV early in the morning of Labor Day, it was still dead of night in Las Vegas, where the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon was based.  At that point, the telethon was […]

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 51: December 12-18, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]