Broadcast coverage of the 2d PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE was down from Round 1, but the fracas was also covered on only 3 of the major 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 […]

  The sitcom events on NBC didn’t change very much. 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 […]

  ABC:  On another dull summer Friday, WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 each fell 0.1 to twin 0.9s, after 0.7 for a SHARK TANK rerun. NBC:  Following 0.7 for an AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun, DATELINE dropped 0.2 to 0.9. CW:  MASTERS OF ILLUSION and THE MESSENGERS were steady at 0.3/0.2, with a WHOSE LINE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY ticked down to 0.36, THE CHASE dropped 0.08 to 0.27, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE ws down 0.04 to 0.18. CBS:  FBI dipped 0.03 to 0.56, FBI: INTERNATIONAL gained 0.03 to 0.54, and FBI: MOST WANTED ticked up to 0.48. NBC:  YOUNG ROCK lost 0.03 to 0.35, and what […]

Viewers have the same lack of interest in the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION that they did in the Republicans. FOX:  Without the burden of convention coverage, and with its HELL’S KITCHEN/MASTERCHEF double-bill at 2.5/2.7, the network romped away with the night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT‘s 2.3 was the highest-rated non-FOX show of the night, but it’s […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 7 and Sunday February 8, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 1.29 rating CBS 1:00 pm Notre Dame at Duke 0.47 rating FOX 2:00 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary morning ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.72 (Houston vs. Clippers)/0.40 (San Antonio vs. Philadelphia), preceded by a COLLEGE BASKETBALL game at 0.24.  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 […]

  THE VOICE fall finale and a lot of reruns. 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). […]