The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 2 and Sunday November 3, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 10 Top Games on Saturday 5.4 rating 8:00 ABC #7 Miami at […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday May 6-7, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Note: a reader asked about including coverage of NWSL soccer on Lifetime Saturday afternoons. The […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 23 and Sunday November 24, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 13: Top National Games on Saturday 4.8 rating CBS 3:30 #12-Texas A&M at […]

  Very little change from last week. 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 follow […]

  Tina and Amy remained solid for the Golden Globes. NBC:  In time zone-adjusted numbers, the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS scored a 6.5, up 0.1 from last year’s edition.  It was preceded by 2.8 for the ARRIVALS SPECIAL. CBS:  The Globes were big, but they couldn’t touch the overrun from the day’s Denver/San Diego NFL PLAYOFFS.  […]

  We don’t know how many people actually watch HOUSE OF CARDS, because Netflix keeps that information as close to its corporate vest as Francis Underwood keeps his doublecrossing strategies, but we know that Netflix is pleased with the result, because the streaming service/network has renewed the series for a Season 3 before the second […]

NBC’s Winter Olympic coverage from Sochi last night averaged a 5.6 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm, actually above an unusually weak comparable night in Vancouver (5.4 rating) but well below Turin’s 6.8 rating on the same night. Last night’s coverage included: Ice Dancing Final, Men’s Aerials Final and Bobsled 2-Man Final.  A rather limited menu […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 15-16, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, July 16-17, […]