The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 26 and Sunday April 27, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NBA: Playoffs 2.3 rating TNT 2:00 pm Saturday Indiana Pacers at Atlanta Hawks Game 4 […]

  A drop for ABC. 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. […]

  STATE OF AFFAIRS:  Monday 10PM on NBC (starting November 17) THE FACTS:  Katherine Heigl is the CIA agent in charge of putting together the President’s (Alfre Woodard) daily list of the nation’s Top 10 threats.  She’s also the quasi-widow of the President’s son, who was killed in an apparent terrorist attack overseas.  Except, guess […]

Tuesday preliminary broadcast ratings:

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE climbed 0.2 in final numbers, while MASTERCHEF and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1.  (The NINJA WARRIOR clip show, however, lost 0.1.)   MONDAY CABLE:  It was ESPN’s turn for the NBA PLAYOFFS, and the network was tops by far with 2.8, while NBC Sports Network’s NHL PLAYOFFS were at 0.7.  […]

At long last we have the World Cup ratings for ABC’s matches on Saturday and Sunday.  The 2:30 pm Sunday match between France and Honduras averaged over 4.3 million total viewers, making it the second highest-rated match of 2014 so far (and the highest-rated non-USA match).  The other three matches on ABC over the weekend […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 5 and Sunday July 6, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Soccer: FIFA World Cup: The Knockout Round Continues (Quarterfinals) Friday 3.3 rating ESPN2 11:30 am […]

  At this point, FOX will take what it can get. FOX:  No one expected the season premieres of NEW GIRL or THE MINDY PROJECT to come close to last fall’s 2.9/1.9 premieres, but at 1.6/1.3, but at least New Girl was above last May’s 1.2 finale, and Mindy was above last spring’s 1.0 low […]