NETWORK FINALS to come.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.04 to 0.67, with MIZ & MRS down 0.03 to 0.36, and GROWING UP CHRISLEY down 0.02 to 0.23.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY gained […]

For years now, we have received television ratings the following business day, except for network programs broadcast before or after prime time. Such programs that air in the morning, daytime, early evening or late night periods are not so affectionately called “fringe” dayparts. For decades, fringe daypart ratings for the broadcast networks have been released […]

The MLK holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday January 17 nationals available Tuesday January 21 by 2 pm Saturday January 18 nationals available Wednesday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s original movie THE CLARK SISTERS led Saturday cable at 0.70.  A&E’s LIVE PD bounced back to 0.56, up 0.22 from last week’s SPECIAL EDITION episode, and the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of SNL and ULTIMATE TAG gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  An extremely low-rated cable day was led by Golf Channel’s PGA coverage at 0.20.  On HGTV, VACATION HOUSE RULES slipped 0.02 to 0.20.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA coverage continued its reign over cable with a quartet of games on Saturday at 0.76/0.55/0.53/0.47.  HGTV’s VACATION HOUSE RULES gained 0.02 to 0.22.  On Food […]

  A superhero’s memorial night. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The Final Four NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 5.5.  In addition, the SNL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim took the lead on a low-rated Saturday for cable.  Its primetime RICK […]