Game 3 of the least-viewed World Series ever battled NCAA football (a very good Notre Dame vs Oklahoma game between two highly-ranked teams) last night.  In the fast nationals, college football on ABC edged Game 3 on FOX 2.5 to 2.3 in Adult 18-49 rating, but we are projecting that in the official nationals the […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 6-7, 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, October 7-8, […]

>DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows once […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of THE WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.1, down 0.6 from 2018’s Game 1.  In addition, IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA opening-night doubleheader was at 1.75 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.18/0.18/0.16/0.22. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was steady at 0.79, and THE CHALLENGE gained 0.04 to 0.42.  A SWAT rerun was at 0.20. NBC:  An off-night AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was at 0.54, and PASSWORD was at 0.46, down 0.02 from Tuesday’s premiere.  A CHICAGO PD rerun was at 0.25. FOX:  MASTERCHEF […]

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 5: January 24-30, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  MAN WITH A PLAN made a solid return to CBS. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 16-17, 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, June 17-18, […]