NOTE: CW numbers below inflated by a pre-emption in New York on WPIX for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (Bucs vs. Giants, airing nationally on ESPN). In Tampa-St. Petersburg the game aired locally on an independent station, without distorting the numbers below. Precise program ratings for Monday available this afternoon with the cable and broadcast nationals.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of the movie UP at 0.40, THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked up to 0.36. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked down to 0.54, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.02 to 0.46.  Returning from a rerun week, NCIS fell 0.11 to 0.44, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.11 to 0.32. NBC:  […]

  Broadcast coverage of the 2d PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE was down from Round 1, but the fracas was also covered on only 3 of the major networks. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 2.3.  In addition, the primetime SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Saturday cable, up 0.07 to 0.67.  Note that the programs listed […]

  The NBA FINALS swallowed primetime once again. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 8-9, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, July 9-10, […]

NBC won Saturday night with a 1.5 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating (subject to upward revision due to the live broadcast feed to the west coast).  Coverage of the third round of the U.S. Open golf championship from Olympic Club in San Francisco earned a 1.5 preliminary rating from 8-10 pm and a 1.6 rating from […]

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. DADS:  Tuesday 8PM on FOX  – Change the Channel It’s hard to believe that the comedy executives at FOX, who have put such high-quality shows as New Girl, The Mindy Project and Raising Hope on the air in recent years, not to mention the upcoming and very […]