NETWORK FINALS:  The DANCING WITH THE STARS season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, and IZOMBIE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again it was the NBA PLAYOFFS on top of Tuesday cable, with TNT’s game at 2.75 and […]

  Times are tough even for THE BIG BANG THEORY. 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 […]

>On an otherwise typically sluggish Friday night of broadcast television, one program topped a 2 rating: ABC’s 20/20 from 10-11 pm, smartly pegged to the enormous $640 million MegaMillions jackpot.  The news magazine trotted out stories of past lottery winners, busted fortunes, and the math and “winning strategies” behind the bouncing lottery balls.   The timely […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday June 9-10, 2018.  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, June 10-11, […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday April 12 through Sunday April 18, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison we are setting aside this […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  The night’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games adjusted as follows:  3.3 on CBS, 0.8 on ABC and 0.6 on FOX.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Typically for a fall Saturday, COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated the day’s cable, with ESPN’s games at 0.83/0.71/0.42.  A&E’s […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The AFC NFL WILD CARD game on CBS adjusted up to 10.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 8:30PM BLACKISH rerun lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN simulcast the other Saturday NFL WILD CARD game with ABC, and the ESPN piece of it was at […]

  FOX’s bubble sitcoms didn’t do themselves any season finale favors. 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 […]