Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hurricane Irma was the star of Thursday cable, with The Weather Channel owning 16 of the Top 30 slots, including all of the Top 5  (led by 0.58 for the 8PM hour), and 6 more for […]

>With ABC and CBS in repeats in the first night after the February sweep concluded, American Idol rebounded a bit, while NBC had a very quiet opening for the new drama Awake.                 Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday     FOX    NBC    CBS    ABC    03.01.2012   […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 27 and Sunday June 28, 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. Golf PGA: […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS slipped 0.02 to 0.57, and JUDGE STEVE HARVEY was down 0.02 to 0.25.  A rerun followed at 0.23. CBS:  On season finale night, FBI was down 0.03 from last week to 0.42 (last season the show’s finale was pulled at the last minute for content reasons and aired some […]

  The broadcast networks aren’t what they used to be, and likely will never be again.  They’re collectively on a train that’s moving in the wrong direction, because the lion’s share of their revenues are based on the number of people who watch the commercials contained in their shows within a short time after initial […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 1.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.48/0.36/0.22, compared to last […]

The networks premiered their Wednesday nights last night (mostly), and they finished in the order we forecast back in May (FOX #1, CBS and ABC fighting for #2, and NBC a distant #4).  But three of the four networks are well below our predicted rating levels and well below the ratings from the Wednesday premiere […]

SPECIAL NOTE: Starting this week, the sports rankings will include sporting events with over 100K persons 2+ L+SD and over 90 minutes long. Formerly, the viewer threshold was 200K. Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 27 through Sunday March 5, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks […]