Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL returned to NFL Network (shared with NBC), and its 1.19 was up 0.03 from 2 weeks ago.  On USA, CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST rose 0.04 from last week to 0.41, and THE CROMARTIES ticked down to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As was the case the previous week, the Fri-Sun holiday period is going to be light on non-sports original cable programming.  ESPN’s coverage of the COTTON […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Nielsen announced this morning that there have been systematic problems with their ratings since March, which weren’t noticed through the months of low summer viewing, but became obvious once the fall season began.  Although Nielsen didn’t address the issue directly, the assumption is that this is the explanation (you can read the […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 7-8, 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, July 8-9, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  2 networks carried NBA ALL-STAR Weekend events, with TNT’s RISING STARS telecast at 0.69, and ESPN’s ALL-STAR EVENT at 0.60.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH rose 0.07 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE was steady at 1.1, followed by reruns at 0.4/0.3. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 to 1.4, and BRING THE FUNNY was steady at 0.7. FOX:  After a rerun of THE RESIDENT at 0.4, the season finale of FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE was up 0.1 to […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BATWOMAN rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The missile attack on the US base in Iraq was huge for cable news, with Fox News’s HANNITY on top at 0.79/1.17/5.7M, CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at […]