> With an “average” NFL game on NBC (if you consider a 7+ rating in primetime average), the other networks premiered their Sunday lineups with only moderate success at best.  ABC got off to a very sluggish start with the two-hour premiere of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (starting in the low-1 demo rating in the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS returned from a rerun week down 0.06 to 0.43.  The first CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE in 3 weeks slipped 0.02 to 0.38.  A pair of THE ROOKIE episodes were at 0.44/0.41, up from 0.31 for the last new episode a month ago. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks […]

  A mixed but relatively steady night. 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) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and […]

> WEDENESDAYS this Fall officially start September 21, although several series get an early start tonight: Survivor on CBS, Up All Night and Free Agents on NBC in a special 10-11 pm time period after the finale of America’s Got Talent (the comedies settle into their 8 pm hour next week), and the reality duo H8R […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 26, 2022 through Sunday January 1, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 17 through Sunday December 23, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of THE BACHELOR was at 0.65, down 0.19 from last season’s premiere.  THE GOOD DOCTOR aired for the first time since December 12, up 0.02 to 0.32. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD jumped 0.26 to 0.66, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA rose two-tenths to 0.54, NCIS climbed 0.21 to 0.54, and NCIS: […]

> I’m not sure why shows on the CW feel it necessary to over-saturate with wall to wall and poorly placed music in order to appeal to viewers.  It seems to me that the target demo that voraciously downloads music is also a generation that is much savvier than any of us was pre-iTunes.   A […]