NETWORK UPDATE:  DANCING WITH THE STARS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and so did the 2d hour of THE FOLLOWING.  There were no adjustments for THE VOICE or any of the season finales. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader led the night with the late game at 2.13, the earlier game a few slots behind […]

>CBS led the way Saturday night with a preliminary 5.0 Adults 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm ET.  The end of the Louisville-Kentucky game peaked at a 5.8 rating from 8:00-8:30 pm (though some of that rating contains viewing on the west coast to the thrilling end of the second game).  CBS drifted down to a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  THE BACHELORETTE slipped 0.02 to 0.72, and CLAIM TO FAME was up 0.02 to 0.39. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.26/0.24/0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.02 to 0.37, followed by a WEAKEST LINK rerun at 0.30. FOX:  Returning from a rerun week, DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS dropped 0.06 to 0.27, and BEAT […]

The Memorial Day holiday will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast programs) this week.  This is how the week’s ratings should roll out after the holiday.  We will update these times if anything changes. Friday May 22 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday 1 pm PT (normally Monday afternoon) Saturday May 23 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday 6 am PT (normally Tuesday […]

> NBC continues to settle on Monday, down another three tenths of a rating point from last week across the entire night.  The Voice is down two tenths week to week (although that decline could become a one tenth drop when the official nationals are in).  The real decline is at 10 pm, with Smash […]

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 35: August 22-28, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

>On a night overshadowed by the BCS National Championship college football game on sister network ESPN (Alabama shutting out LSU — ratings available later), ABC decided to go with female-skewing originals, narrowly beating the other broadcast networks with a 2.2 Adult 18-49 rating.  The Bachelor was down two tenths of a rating point in its […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.90, up 0.16 from the December 2021 finale. CBS:  It was season premiere night, with FBI down 0.08 from last season’s premiere to 0.64, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down 0.09 to 0.50, and FBI: MOST WANTED down 0.15 to 0.51. NBC:  THE VOICE was at […]