Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 30-July 1, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, July […]

> Matthew and Lady Mary 4Ever! The second season finale of DOWNTON ABBEY was watched by 5.4 million people, and while that may not sound like a lot (it’s about the same number as watched last night’s episode of Happy Endings, 3rd place in its timeslot), for PBS it’s pretty much Avatar.  It was the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for SUPERSTORE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.55/0.45.  On MTV, JERSEY SHORE dipped 0.03 to 0.39, and REVENGE PRANK was up 0.03 to 0.13.  Cable news […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The ACM HONORS lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the full CW line-up (both new and rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun PENN & TELLER: FOOL US).         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Illinois vs. South Florida COLLEGE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of CLAIM TO FAME was at 0.40, up 0.04 from last season’s premiere.  The season premiere of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.35, down a whopping 0.37 from last year. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.19/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR ticked up to 0.35, THE WALL dropped 0.06 to 0.32, and […]

  NBC’s trailers for its fall series continue.  Next up:  the sitcom WELCOME TO THE FAMILY, featuring Mike O’Malley and Mary McCormick as a couple whose teen daughter falls in love with (and gets pregnant by) the valedictorian son of a Latino family, forcing them to all get to know each other. NBC’s journey down […]

  A bad night for almost everyone. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for MOM, SUPERSTORE, SVU, HELL’S KITCHEN and the WALKER rerun.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.40/0.31.  On MTV, JERSEY SHORE ticked down to 0.31, and FLORIBAMA SHORE […]