The broadcast networks combined for a lowly 4.53 combined 18-49 rating in prime time from July 2-8, 18% below the 42nd week last year (which also included the 4th of July holiday — on Monday).  This is a significantly bigger fall-off for the broadcasters than they have seen on average this summer to date (-10% […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SUPER BOWL adjusted to 37.1, 0.6 below the final number for 2016’s game. 24: LEGACY held at 6.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The highlights were few and far between on Super Bowl night, with the top show […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 23 through Sunday November 29, 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 […]

Ratings for Wednesday’s matches on ESPN and ESPN2 have arrived and the two on ESPN2 are the lowest-rated matches of 2014 so far (ranking #43 and #44), while the 3:30 pm telecast on ESPN (Ecuador and France in a fascinating 0-0 draw) was halfway respectable, ranking at #27.  Of course, the big numbers will be […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MISTRESSES lost the same (the former didn’t end until 10:01PM, which often causes a one-tenth shift in finals when the 10PM show is lower-rated).  In addition, SPARTAN lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

  The kick-off of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was a little shaky. 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 […]

>December 15 is traditionally around the last night there is any significant number of original episodes on the broadcast networks’ schedules and also the date when television usage starts to drop dramatically until bottoming out on Christmas Eve (which battles the night of July 4 as the least watched night of television of the year). […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The CMA AWARDS were quite steady with last year at 1.05, down just 0.07.  CBS:  SURVIVOR rose a tenth to 0.72, and THE AMAZING RACE was up 0.03 to 0.39, followed by a rerun at 0.17. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise had MED steady at 0.58, FIRE up 0.05 to 0.63, and […]