CBS won another week with NCAA basketball tournament games throughout the week and a lot of repeats on the other networks. NBC’s The Voice returned to the schedule this week, putting NBC in a virtual three-way tie with ABC and FOX (with only four-hundreths of a rating point separating second from fourth place). Weekly Rating Mar […]
Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday April 15-16, 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, April 16-17, […]
NETWORK FINALS: MODERN FAMILY, CHICAGO PD and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The end of the line for A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY came with a handsome 0.17 bump to 0.50 (a “best of” clip show lead-in was […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE BACHELOR and SUPERIOR DONUTS gained 0.1 in final numbers. Less-rounded ratings for the newcomers: SUPERIOR DONUTS 1.35, 24: LEGACY 1.48, APB 1.47. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: VH1 took the lead on Monday cable with 1.22 for LOVE & […]
Baseball’s All-Star Game took the night, but the biggest surprise may have come at CW. FOX: Per Mitch Metcalf: FOX won the night with the 84TH MLB ALL-STAR GAME. We estimate the official rating will go up to a 3.5 adult 18-49 rating from the 3.0 fast national rating (which understates viewing on the west […]
NBC faced little challenge. 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 and comparisons follow […]
>DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos. They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it. So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows once […]
BROADCAST FINALS: NBC’s TRANSPLANT gained 0.02 to 0.11. FOX’s MLB game was at 0.49. CW’s originals were at 0.03/0.03. Univision’s LIGA matches were at 0.20/0.28. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On ESPN, UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.24/0.17, and WIMBLEDON coverage was at 0.21/0.16. On ESPN2, a FORMULA 1 […]