Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 23 through Sunday November 29, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL and the ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE RED LINE lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s GAME OF THRONES may have set a series record with its 12.5M total […]

  NBC:  The network’s numbers were up, but still nothing to boast about.  (And are shaky to boot, thanks to a baseball preemption in San Francisco.)  DATELINE climbed 0.2 to 1.2, and CROSSBONES is currently up 0.2 to a still-dreadful 0.6. ABC:  ABC was the only network to air non-fireworks original programming on July 4th, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK jumped 0.18 to 0.57, and 20/20 was up 0.14 to 0.49. CBS:  Reruns at 0.24/0.26/0.27. NBC:  HOME SWEET HOME lost 0.02 to 0.16, and DATELINE was down 0.02 to 0.33. FOX:  Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES was at 2.41, up from 2020’s 2.0 Game 3. CW:  The special […]

> FRINGE continues to live far from the ratings center. FOX:  THE FINDER and FRINGE had matching 0.9 ratings, respectively setting and matching series lows.  Finder is just running out the string, while it’s becoming increasingly difficult to see how FOX can keep Fringe alive, even at a bargain license fee, when it’s running 25-30% […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, TAXI BROOKLYN dipped from the morning’s numbers by 0.1.  Still, no loss from its series premiere last week is a fairly positive result.  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1, so it ended up holding even with last week.  The MODERN FAMILY rerun lost 0.1 WEDNESDAY CABLE:  With no […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did NCIS and A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): With SONS OF ANARCHY done, the top Tuesday cable shows were clustered together within a few hundredths […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE EMMY AWARDS adjusted up to 4.2 in final numbers, still considerably below last year’s final 4.9. Below are the Top 25 cable originals from Monday night, with their ratings in key demos.  If there are any other series you’d like added, please let us know.  Some additional information and context are […]