A definition of pathetic:  the combined rating for the four broadcast networks last night sunk below a 4 rating with adults 18-49, down 33% from the same night last year. CBS:  For what it’s worth, a 1.1 average allowed CBS to claim victory last night.  BIG BROTHER was the highest-rated show of the evening […]

  Here’s something you don’t see every day:  the highest rated broadcast network among 18-49s last night was… Univision.  All the English-language networks (every one of which featured at least some original programming) were also-rans. CBS:  BIG BROTHER had the night’s biggest number, up 0.2 from last week to 2.3.  That was also up 0.1 […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). NBC jumped to first place the week ending Sunday, thanks to the pre-season NFL Hall of Fame Game Sunday, while FOX tumbled to fourth place (from first last week) as original Hell’s Kitchen episodes were […]

  As has been the case the last couple of Thursdays, preseason football preemptions (one major market each for NBC, CBS, ABC and CW last night) will play a bit of havoc with the early numbers.  Per Mitch Metcalf, expect each network except for FOX to decline about one-tenth of an adult 18-49 rating point […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 32: August 3-August 9, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) NFL Week 2.  The 4:30 game on CBS was the big winner on yesterday’s NFL coverage (17.8 household rating […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  In adjusted numbers, all the 8PM shows (except DADS) went up 0.1, still leaving AGENTS OF SHIELD and NCIS down a respective 0.4 and 0.7 for the night.  THE GOLDBERGS went down 0.1, putting it 0.2 behind NEW GIRL in the 9PM battle of the sitcoms.  At 10PM, CHICAGO FIRE declined 0.1, […]

  The World Series had surprisingly little meaningful effect on the other networks. FOX:  WORLD SERIES GAME 5 had a preliminary 3.8, which probably won’t go much beyond a 4 in final numbers.  There hasn’t been a 5th World Series game in a couple of years, but this looks to be around even with the […]