The night’s highest-rated show was a rerun. 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 follows the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The EMMY AWARDS adjusted to 1.3 in final numbers, down 0.4 from the 2019 edition.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.2, down a full point from last week’s game.  In addition, on CBS, 60 MINUTES gained 0.3, BIG BROTHER rose 0.2, LOVE ISLAND was up 0.1, and a rerun […]

> The title “Best Drama On Network Television” used to mean a lot more than it does these days (what’s the competition?  Parenthood has lovely moments but also its share of contrivances; Fringe and The Vampire Diaries are terrific niche shows), but for whatever it’s still worth, THE GOOD WIFE continues to own the crown.   […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday June 24 through Sunday June 30, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

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 13: March 21-27, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 11 and Sunday January 12, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NFL Playoffs: Divisional Weekend Saturday 19.5 rating FOX 4:30 NFC New Orleans-Seattle (+4% from 18.7 for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We found itself at the top of Friday cable with MAMA JUNE FROM NOT TO HOT, even though it slipped 0.02 to 0.56, with lead-out DR MIAMI at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both SCORPION and NCIS: LA gained an additional 0.1 in final numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): BETTER CALL SAUL (AMC) was sure to take a hit without the monstrous lead-in that THE WALKING DEAD gave it on […]