The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 29 and Sunday June 30, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   Stop the presses!   Major League Baseball was the top sporting event this weekend.  Not because […]

The President’s Day holiday will cause delays for daily nationals ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few days.  This is how the ratings should roll out this week.  We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday Feb 12 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday Feb 16 at 1 pm (normally Monday afternoon) Saturday Feb 13 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Feb 17 at 6 am […]

Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday April 6 through Sunday April 12, 2020.  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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER and CRIMINAL MINDS each gained 0.1, but not EXTANT.  However, that show was able to claim victory at 10PM, because TAXI BROOKLYN lost 0.1.  The NASHVILLE: ON THE RECORD rerun gained 0.1, for what it’s worth. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) and TEEN MOMS (MTV) were almost exactly equal with […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 3 through Sunday May 9, 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 we are setting aside this […]

  The WORLD SERIES looked a bit healthier. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As will now be typical on Sundays, there were football-driven adjustments.  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ended up at 7.0, 60 MINUTES at 2.2, and BOB’S BURGERS at 0.4.  In addition, the early NCIS: LA rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  Another night of finales that were fairly steady for this season, but down significantly from 2018. 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 […]