Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here and Midseason Pilot Reports here. CRISIS:  Sunday 10PM on NBC – If Nothing Else is On… Funny story.  Remember how last fall, there was a serialized thriller about a high-stakes political kidnapping in Washington whose victims included teens called Hostages that flopped badly?  NBC would prefer that […]

Old standbys drew the majority of Monday eyeballs. 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 […]

  Post-football Thursdays began for CBS.   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 […]

  An extra hour of THE VOICE pulverized much of the competition. NBC:  THE VOICE, extended for an extra Tuesday hour, dominated the night with 4.6 (up 0.3 from last week’s 1-hour episode) and provided a huge lead-in for the network’s Hurricane Sandy news special at 10PM, which easily won its hour at 2.9. FOX:  The early […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As with Tuesday night, there was no adjustment for the WINTER OLYMPICS from morning prelims.  Elsewhere, the rerun of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable at 0.66/0.50.  NBC […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 6 through Sunday January 12, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, football adjustment lowered DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR by 0.1 each.  In addition, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL featured Pittsburgh vs. Tampa […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were COLLEGE FOOTBALL games on 3 networks, and they adjusted as follows:  ABC to 2.5, NBC to 1.1, and FOX to 0.6.  On CBS, the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the 9PM 48 HOURS dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]