An OK debut for TRANSPLANT. 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 comparisons […]

  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT remained the strongest Tuesday show on the networks, but at a slightly lower level. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: LA gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.9, up 0.8 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The midseason finale of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD unusually dropped from the previous week, down […]

        NETWORK FINALS;  After adjustment for football preemption, ABC’s CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS and THE GOOD DOCTOR, and NBC’s A VERY PENTATRONIX CHRISTMAS, all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dominated Monday cable, but had a steep 0.84 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.52/0.37/0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.26/0.24. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked down to 0.73, and PASSWORD was down 0.05 to 0.43. FOX:  Reruns at 0.13/0.12. CW:  LEONARDO premiered at 0.04, and the season premiere of DEVILS was at 0.03. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP dropped 0.06 to 0.23, AMOR VALIENTE ticked […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.49, the Oscar-nominated documentary SUMMER OF SOUL was at 0.15, followed by a rerun of THE WONDER YEARS at 0.11. CBS:  60 MINUTES was at 0.52, followed by BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION, which zoomed by 0.24 to 0.50 compared to its Super Bowl […]

NOTE: The fast affiliate-based numbers below for ABC do not accurately reflect west coast viewing of the Oscar night. The 7PM ET hour (RED CARPET SHOW in most of the country) contains west coast viewing of the 10PM ET hour of The OSCARS (at 7PM PT). The actual RED CARPET rating will go down substantially […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday August 27-28, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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, August 29-30, […]