The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Triple Crown: Kentucky […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1 in final ratings, but THE ISLAND fell by 0.1.  Also down by 0.1 each were the reruns of THE ORIGINALS and JANE THE VIRGIN. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The US vs Colombia WOMENS WORLD CUP QUARTERFINALS on Fox Sports 1 took the cable night at 1.79.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers and the finale of THE ISLAND lost the same.  In addition, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY fell 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not even Shark Week could keep VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP from the top of Monday cable, up 0.02 to 1.58, with its AFTERPARTY up 0.08 to 1.15, […]

        NETWORK FINALS: DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and FRESH OFF THE BOAT lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD ticked up to 0.69, and the clip show lead-in was at 0.39.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH returned at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up a tenth to 0.80, with PROJECT BLUE BOOK up 0.07 to 0.32.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.73/0.62.  On USA, […]

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions.  Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]

  BATWOMAN stayed in the cave for its 2nd airing. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MANIFEST lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.78/0.69/0.64 compared to last week’s 0.63/0.61/0.51, and BRIARPATCH was up 0.03 to 0.16.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s THE STORY at 0.77/1.08/5.5M, […]