Updated: The ABC ratings for daytime last Sunday are finally in and the 224-minute telecast of the FIFA World Cup Final (from 2:00-5:44 pm ET) averaged over 14 million viewers, making it the #1 match of 2014 on English-language television, slightly ahead of three USA matches (#2 USA vs Portugal on June 22 with 13,774,000 total […]

  There wasn’t much of interest in Friday’s preliminary ratings, and what little there was will be adjusted on Monday due to NFL PRESEASON preemptions for ABC in Nashville (the Tennessee vs. Kansas City game), CW in Charlotte (New England vs. Carolina) and CBS (respective local simulcasts in Boston and Kansas City). The NFL dominated […]

> Potentially good news for Cougar Town fans. ABC:  Cougar Town needs a timeslot, and Tuesday 8:30PM should be opening up any minute now, as 20% of the people who watched WORK IT the first time ran away screaming this week, and the show plunged to a 1.6 rating.  However, that real estate may not […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.69/0.63 compared to last week’s 0.65/0.59.  On USA, the WWE telecast was at 0.63/0.61/0.51 compared to last week’s 0.72/0.61/0.51, and […]

The first Sunday night of Olympic coverage averaged a 6.9 adult 18-49 rating on NBC from 7:00-11:00 pm.  This is well below the 7.5 rating on the same night in Turin and even slightly below the relatively weak night in Vancouver (7.0).  Last night’s coverage featured:  Team Ladies’ Free Skate & Ice Dance, Men’s Downhill, […]

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between March 20 and March 26, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read more” to see the latest chart.)ABC.  Scandal has crossed into a saturation level on on-air promotion, now up to 49 […]

  The Bible isn’t holding up for NBC. 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:  The top-rated primetime telecast was ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 0.69, with NBC’s game at 0.58.  CW’s original shows were at 0.05/0.07.  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rose 0.21 to 1.03.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual, Saturday cable was dominated by sports.  TBS’s NLCS MLB PLAYOFFS game was […]