Note:  Particularly on a night with little original programming of note like the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, the glitches in the way some networks list their “originals” start to show, which explains why HBO’s airing of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES shows up on the chart below (twice!).  As for the […]

>FOX wins Thursday, but CBS — the only network to show gains on the night — is getting closer.                Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday     FOX    CBS    ABC    NBC    02.02.2012   3.9    3.5    2.5    1.5    02.03.2011   5.4    3.1 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was dominant at 2.58.  CBS’s TAYLOR HAWKINS TRIBUTE CONCERT was at 0.13.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.14.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL returned and swept the top of the chart, with ESPN’s games at 0.85/0.61/0.43, and Fox Sports 1’s games […]

>CBS Monday won the quiet night after Christmas (among the broadcast networks at least) with with a 1.9 rating.  (Ratings for ESPN are not yet available, but it certainly won the night overall with the Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football.)   CBS viewers, usually very driven by habit and the […]

[Broadcast chart updated with Amazon Prime Video NFL Thursday Night Football]     BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE special at 0.48, a run of the movie HOCUS POCUS (tying in with the new Disney+ sequel) was at 0.42. CBS:  On premiere night, YOUNG SHELDON returned at 0.51, down 0.19 from last […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 20 and Sunday June 21, 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. Golf US […]

>CBS Monday had a very solid night last night and made great gains over the same night last year, thanks to an entire schedule that is working top to bottom.  NBC is a 1.4 in the fast nationals, up one tenth from the last two Mondays but still down two ticks from this night last […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.42, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY rose 0.07 to 0.47, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE climbed 0.03 to 0.38, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.02 to 0.35. CBS:  Comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, when the network didn’t have the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES gained 0.05 […]