> BEST FRIENDS FOREVER:  Premieres Wednesday 8:30PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… NBC isn’t exactly swinging for the multigender fences with BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, the newest entry into the deathtrap known as the network’s Wednesday night schedule.  The term “chick show” is rightly viewed as perjorative, but it’s hard to avoid when […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for MONDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR both dropped 0.2, and the reruns of ALL AMERICAN and BLACK LIGHTNING were both down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s HIS DARK MATERIALS […]

  Hockey’s Game 7 dominated the night. 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 and […]

  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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 16 and Sunday January 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 NFL schedule weekend or the same calendar weekend last year. NFL: […]

It was another big night for the NBA and in this case ESPN as the scene shifted back to the Eastern Conference Finals.  A mammoth 4.8 rating with Adults 18-49 (and 11.1 million viewers 2+) watched LeBron James carry the Miami Heat on his back to tie the series 3-3, forcing a Game 7 Saturday […]

  CBS subsided a bit. 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 and comparisons follow the chart. […]

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).