BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The holiday broadcast diet of specials and reruns has set in, which for ABC meant reruns at 0.42/0.24/0.21. CBS:  An installment of THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was at 0.61.  The KENNEDY CENTER HONORS was at 0.41, up 0.06 from the (postponed) previous edition that aired last June. NBC:  A […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 24 and Sunday January 25, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL Sunday 5.6 rating ESPN 8:00 pm Pro Bowl: Team Carter vs Team Irvin College Basketball […]

    CHICAGO FIRE:  WEDNESDAY 10PM on NBC WHAT IT’S SAYING:  Backdraft, not Rescue Me.  Big fires, sweeping, heroic music, a stalwart band of brothers (and the occasional sister) uniting despite their personal strife to save the people of Chicago. WHAT IT’S REALLY SAYING:  Even though it’s from Dick Wolf, not a pure Law & […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK fell 0.15 to 0.60, and 20/20 was down 0.16 to 0.54. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.05 to 0.54, MAGNUM PI edged up 0.02 to 0.50, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.03 to 0.48. NBC:  THE WALL was at 0.45, followed by DATELINE at 0.45. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN slipped 0.02 […]

    The Season 2 finale for CW’s NIKITA was probably shot with the idea that it could well be the series finale–and logically it should have been, considering the show’s ratings.  In recent weeks, Nikita has had a 0.4 rating in 18-49s, making it what has to be one of the lowest-watched shows ever […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP kicked off at 0.64.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and BLACK-ISH ticked down to 0.41.  QUEENS returned from a 2-week break, down 0.07 to 0.23. CBS:  SUPER BOWL GREATEST COMMERCIALS was at 0.47.  Reruns followed at 0.33/0.35. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 70% from […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 9-10, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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, June 10-11, […]

    It’s not exactly a surprise that History’s HATFIELDS & MCCOYS had another spectacular ratings night with its conclusion on Wednesday.  The show actually went up from its record-setting Part 1 audience to a phenomenal 14.3 million viewers, with an 18-49 audience that should be in the high 3s–not just easily beating everything on […]