Night 14 of the OLYMPICS dipped again, although not as badly as parallel nights in other Summer Games. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage stayed steady with the preliminary 5.8, and there were no other adjustments in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo took Wednesday cable with 0.61 for REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC at 0.61, although that lead-in didn’t do […]

  A steep Night 12 drop brought the OLYMPICS to a new low. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 to 6.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the MADTV rerun lost 0.1.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.01 from last week to 0.82. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS slipped 0.06 to 0.79.  On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost […]

  On a mixed night in recent OLYMPICS rating history, Rio had a small dip. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers to 7.0.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s Hollywood edition of LOVE & HIP-HOP returned at 1.25, 0.07 ahead of last week’s Atlanta finale, and it was followed by 0.98 for a special VH1 LIVE, […]

  OLYMPICS Night 10 followed pattern with a drop from Sunday. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday August 13-14, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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, August […]