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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.65, consistent with the previous games. CBS:  LET’S MAKE A DEAL dropped 0.07 to 0.34, followed by reruns at 0.43/0.26. NBC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.26/0.30. FOX:  MASTERCHEF slipped 0.02 to 0.44, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was down 0.07 to 0.27. CW:  […]

A dull night on the networks. 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 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS adjusted up to 6.5 last night, still below the parallel night at Turin 2006 and farther behind the North American 2002/2010 games.  Of course, CPMs (the price paid by advertisers for commercial time) have gone up in the past 8 years, so a 6.5 yields more revenue now than it […]

A rerun has the highest score of the night. ABC:  DUETS had an ignominious exit with a series low 0.9. WIPEOUT was down 0.2 from last week to 1.6, but ROOKIE BLUE won its hour with 1.4, up from last week. CBS:  Reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY are a ratings powerhouse, cleaning up on […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 40: September 26-October 2, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE VILLAGE and the rerun of ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, down […]

>The lack of schedule flexibility (as NBC has with its late season Sunday Night Football games) has hurt the Monday and Thursday night football franchises recently.  When match-ups feature teams with little to no playoff chances, ratings drift downward (although Monday and Thursday Night Football still sit atop the weekly cable ratings chart).  Discovery’s American […]