The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. The Little League World Series (U.S. championship game Saturday and Sunday’s Championship game) attracted huge audiences, […]

  Last Sunday’s excuse for low ratings was Easter; last night’s will preaumably be the WALKING DEAD season finale. 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 […]

  Nothing hit a 2 rating on the first Friday of the new season. CBS:  HAWAII 5-0 had an underwhelming Friday debut with 1.5, down 0.3 from last year’s Monday start.  It was even with the premiere of UNDERCOVER BOSS (which was even with its own premiere last season), but below the 1.7 for BLUE […]

The Memorial Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday May 25 nationals available Tuesday May 29 at 1 pm Saturday May 26 nationals available Wednesday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   Note, it appears as though Showtime aired an unannounced premiere of WHO IS AMERICA at midnight with an 0.09 rating.   A&E’s LIVE PD topped Saturday cable, […]

> When the PaleyFest panels end, cast members often linger for a bit to sign autographs and otherwise make contact with the fans.  Therefore when the moderator says “Thank you” and the lights go up, there’s usually a movement of audience members toward the stage.  But “movement” doesn’t do justice to the full-scale rush that […]

A bad night for debuts. FOX:  No one showed up for the return of TOUCH, which started with a weak 1.1 in its first hour and fell to an even worse 0.9 in its second.  Unless things turn around quickly (unlikely, with Grimm on the way as competition), its mysteries may never be solved. CBS:  Despite […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final Friday numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It’s not currently on the chart below, because of the way Adult Swim lists it, but the highest-rated cable original […]