NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.7.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for CBS’s CLARICE rerun and FOX’s 9-1-1 rerun, while NBC’s reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and DATELINE dropped to the next lowest tenth.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s DAYTONA 500 coverage adjusted to 0.91.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL and 60 MINUTES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note–due to last week’s Super Bowl, comparisons except where otherwise noted are […]

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 7: February 8-14, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 8 through Sunday February 14, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.49/0.35.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.42/0.34/0.24 compared to last week’s 0.41/0.27.  Cable news was led by the […]

The Presidents Day holiday will cause delays for national television ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  As a rule of thumb, national holidays that close banks, stock markets or post offices also impact Nielsen ratings (MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s). After this […]

  Small declines. 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 comparisons follow the chart. […]

  NOTE:  DAYTONA 500 overruns wiped out the scheduled FOX line-up, which was supposed to include the official series premiere of THE GREAT NORTH. 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 […]