>With CBS Monday in repeats, FOX moved into first place Monday night and can point to a promising second episode rating for Alcatraz.  The Bachelor had a relatively good night for ABC, although Castle failed to take advantage of the reality lead in.   Also, the official ratings for Sunday are in and, as expected, the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.65.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.36.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.05.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL owned Saturday cable, with ESPN’s games at 1.18/0.76/0.37 (finding time for US OPEN coverage at 0.27), Big Ten Network’s at 0.40/0.31/0.27, […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 13 and Sunday June 14, 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. NBA Playoffs […]

  BROADCAST FINALS [Amazon Prime Video NFL Thursday Night Football added to chart] ABC:  The season premiere of STATION 19 was at 0.51, down 0.25 from last fall’s premiere.  The season premiere of GREY’S ANATOMY was at 0.55, down 0.22 from last fall.  ALASKA DAILY debuted at 0.32, which compared to the 0.37 for BIG […]

>CBS had a strong Monday last night, up 19% over the same night last year.  ABC finished in second but slid 12% versus last year’s comparable night.  FOX was flat.  And NBC turned in a Monday down 17% from the same night last year.  NOTE: The fast nationals for Monday will be very accurate as […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.26/0.14, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY fell 0.13 to 0.34, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE dipped 0.04 to 0.34, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.07 to 0.28. CBS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.07 to 0.68, EAST NEW YORK (airing in the EQUALIZER slot) climbed 0.12 to 0.49, and NCIS: LA (also airing an […]

> The X Factor won Thursday (the fourth of the season) with a 3.6 Adult 18-49 rating.  The Thursday track for X Factor has been 4.3…3.9…4.0…3.6.  The 3.6 will probably go up to a 3.7 or 3.8 in the official nationals later today, but FOX has to be mildly disappointed there is not a 4 […]

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next week or so. (All times Pacific.) Wed 11/23 nationals available Mon 11/28 by 2p Thu 11/24 nationals available Tue 11/29 by 8a Fri 11/25 nationals available Tue 11/29 […]