NOTE: The fast affiliate-based nationals below for each network are inflated by significant pre-emptions for NFL Preseason coverage in selected major markets. Program ratings will be available later today with the nationals.  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 […]

  The GOLDEN GLOBES were a bit tarnished. 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:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.9.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN led Saturday cable, with UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS at 0.73, COLLEGE BASKETBALL games at 0.61/0.38/0.25/0.19, and TOP RANK BOXING at 0.26.  A&E’s LIVE PD edged up 0.02 to […]

NOTE: Last year’s college football Saturday prime time premiere (Wisconsin vs Alabama, also on ABC, on 9.5.2015) averaged a 2.7 adult 18-49 rating in both the fast nationals and official nationals.  This year’s USC-Alabama game averaged a 2.4 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm ET in the fast nationals, and the official rating will probably […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NEW AMSTERDAM and NCIS (which was indeed a rerun) gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MIXED-ISH lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up a tenth to 0.70, and PROJECT BLUE […]

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 2: January 4-10, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Note: The CBS Evening News numbers for Wednesday 1.6.2020 have been […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Now that we have final ratings for CBS, let’s take a look at how the line-up fared.  THE BIG BANG THEORY, at 2.7, was down 0.7 from its Thursday premiere last fall, a 20% drop.  YOUNG SHELDON held its lead-in well at 2.2, which was higher than the 1.9 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the rerun of SUPERSTORE fell 0.2, and DATELINE as well as the entire CBS line-up were down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s Saturday NFL doubleheader that’s branded with […]