The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 20 and Sunday February 21, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 2.64 rating ABC 8:30 […]

> The lows keep coming. ABC:  MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and REVENGE all set or tied season lows last night, and the only reason DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 didn’t was because it had aired the previous week after a Modern Family rerun.  The 8PM hour, in particular, is starting to look […]

The NBA ruled the airwaves again last night, with a preliminary 5.8 Adult 18-49 rating. This will probably go up to over a 7 rating in the official nationals when the west coast viewing is properly factored in, putting Game 2 on track to beat Game 1’s 6.9 rating. UPDATE: Game 2 came in at […]

  BACHELOR IN PARADISE stayed steady with 2018. 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). Ratings analysis […]

Talent and cooking, cooking and talent–what network audiences want this summer. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the dominant show of the evening with a 3.2.  The rest of the schedule was below a 2 (1.9 for more US OLYMPIC TRIALS, 1.6 for LOVE IN THE WILD), but it was enough for a tie to win […]

Note: ABC, CBS and especially NBC numbers below will go down in the nationals this afternoon because of local pre-emptions for various NFL PRESEASON games. FOX should also go up about +15% when live west coast viewing is added this afternoon.  Given all the likely changes, we’ll hold our ratings analysis until final numbers are […]

Cooking is king. FOX:  The Gordon Ramsey duo of HELL’S KITCHEN and MASTERCHEF easily took the night with 2.6s, each up a tick from last week. ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE isn’t winning any fans, dropping 0.3 to 2.2.  THE GLASS HOUSE continues to draw people throwing stones (and only those people) with a 1.0. NBC:  FEAR […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 16 and Sunday April 17, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Golf PGA: The Heritage (Hilton Head […]