Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday March 24-25, 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. Also, early round March Madness game ratings (Thursday-Friday March 22-23, 2018) are listed in a […]

  This year’s NBA FINALS continue to score a bit lower than last year’s. 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 […]

        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 […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE EMMY AWARDS gained 0.4 in final numbers to 3.6, and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 9.7.  After football adjustment, 60 MINUTES fell 0.4 to 1.2, and the MADAM SECRETARY rerun was down 0.2.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was once again on top of Sunday cable, although down […]

  CBS’s Olympics counterprogramming had a solid start. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 6th and final game of the NBA FINALS was up 0.33 from Monday’s Game 5 to 4.32. CBS:  Reruns at 0.30/0.25/0.24/0.22/0.22. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.26/0.24. FOX:  Reruns at 0.25/0.21. CW:  WALKER ticked down to 0.11.  The series finale of LEGACIES was at 0.09, down a tick from last week and […]

>It was a surprisingly good night for network television last night with three networks up over the same night last year and only NBC flat to marginally down versus last year.  ABC led the way with the 45th Country Music Awards, up a tenth of a rating point over last year’s edition.  FOX’s The X […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SCANDAL lost 0.1 in final numbers.  Some less-rounded numbers for the new shows:  RIVERDALE 0.43, SUPERIOR DONUTS 1.92 (steady throughout the half-hour), POWERLESS 1.08 (down to 1.0 at 8:45PM), TRAINING DAY 0.88.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA […]