Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 27 through Sunday August 2, 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 a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for SHARK TANK.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.36 compared to last week’s 0.51/0.38, and MYSTERY OF BLIND FROG RANCH was steady at 0.16.  ESPN’s NBA […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both ROOKIE BLUE and GANG RELATED gained 0.1 in final numbers, putting ROOKIE above lsat season’s finale (although still 0.1 below last season’s premiere). THURSDAY CABLE:  As detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post, the 2:30PM and 5:30PM matches on ESPN were the day’s highest rated cable telecasts at 1.3.  PAWN STARS (History) […]

  GREY’S ANATOMY still has it. 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 and comparisons follow the […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at the detailed demographics for NBC’s primetime schedule for this season to date.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups are displayed for each program below.  Programs in the chart are grouped by night so you can see the audience flow from 8:00 […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s only adjustment was a 0.1 bump for the rerun of CASTLE. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The holiday weekend shook the crown of GAME OF THRONES, which fell 0.61 from last week to 2.53, dropping it to 2d place for the night behind the 2.87 NBA PLAYOFFS game on TNT.  Elsewhere on HBO, […]

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 & […]