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 […]

World Series Game 7 last night ended up with 40 million persons 2+ in an average minute and a stellar 12.6 P18-49 demographic rating, versus around 24 million P2+ and a 7 P18-49 demo rating for the last two Game 7 telecasts (in 2011 and 2014).   The Game 7 audience peaked in the 11:30-11:45 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 3 through Sunday August 9, 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:  There were quite a few 0.1 adjustments in final numbers:  up for THE GREAT INDOORS, THE VOICE and the BIG BANG THEORY rerun, down for QUANTICO, TAKEN, JANE THE VIRGIN and the SCORPION rerun.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.2, and FOX’s game adjusted to 0.7.  In addition, 48 HOURS and the SNL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL led Saturday cable with games at […]

  The night’s sitcoms remained mostly low. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The changes weren’t enough to make a significant difference, but the entire ABC line-up adjusted up in final ratings, SELFIE and MANHATTAN LOVE STORY each by 0.2 (leaving them at 1.6/1.5), and AGENTS OF SHIELD and FOREVER by 0.1 (1.8/1.4).  In addition, NEW GIRL and THE VOICE each gained 0.1, while CHICAGO […]

  This is turning into a very bad week for NBC. 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 […]