NETWORK FINALS:  The PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 1.02 (Lakers vs. Milwaukee)/0.57 (New Orleans vs. Miami).  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.60/0.43/0.32 compared to last week’s […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 28 through Sunday October 4, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  A SOUND OF FREEDOM special was at 0.24, followed by 20/20 at 0.32. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME slipped 0.02 to 0.18, followed by a WATERGATE: HIGH CRIMES IN THE WHITE HOUSE special at 0.14. NBC:  DATELINE fell 0.13 to 0.27, followed by an AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun at 0.16. FOX:  […]

  The NBA FINALS, while the overwhelming winner of the night, took a step backwards. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 […]

  A rough night for most of the networks. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 follows […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns continued to dominate the holiday airwaves, although after a rerun CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE at 0.42, ABC ran the new special THE YEAR: 2021 at 0.36. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.31/0.26/0.24. NBC:  After a run of the movie TROLLS at 0.29, a rerun of THAT’S MY JAM at 0.25. FOX:  Reruns […]

The Independence Day holiday will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast finals) this week.  This is how the week’s ratings should roll out after the holiday.  We will update these times if anything changes. Thursday July 2 nationals rescheduled to Monday July 6 at 1 pm PT (normally Friday afternoon) Friday July 3 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday July 7 at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE WALL and the SNL clip show gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the EMPIRE rerun lost the same.  In addition, note that most of the night’s shows, including THE WALL SURVIVOR, SEAL TEAM and CRIMINAL MINDS, despite being regular original episodes, are being designated as “specials” so keep […]