>ABC debuted TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN last night at 9:00 pm after an original WIPEOUT.  The show, which had been promoted relentlessly on the network the last few days, opened decently though not spectacularly with a 1.9 demo rating, just missing our 2.0 hit show cut-off for summer programs.  Considering it premiered against the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The premiere of GAME ON gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the premiere of AGENTS OF SHIELD lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE led Wednesday cable, down 0.04 to 0.56.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS […]

  Small changes. 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 the chart. […]

  ABC’s lesson for the night is that lead-ins matter. 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). […]

CBS’s second half of the Sunday NFL doubleheader did a terrific 17.0 HH rating in the metered markets (mostly Pittsburgh at Dallas between 4:30 and almost 8:00 pm). NBC’s Sunday Night Football at 8:30 pm averaged a 15.2 HH rating in the 56 metered markets (San Francisco at New England, briefly interrupted by President Obama’s […]

The Labor Day holiday will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast finals) this week.  This is how the week’s ratings should roll out after the holiday.  We will update these times if anything changes. Friday Sep 4 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday Sep 8 at 1 pm PT (normally Monday afternoon) Saturday Sep 5 nationals rescheduled […]

ABC enjoys the onset of March. ABC:  The Alphabet Network won every timeslot last night, with both LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY up a robust 0.3 (to 1.6 and 1.4, respectively), even though the only rerun they faced was on CBS.  SHARK TANK was the highest-rated show of the night with 1.9, and 20/20 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. NBA Playoffs […]