Preliminary numbers from last night’s season finale have HOMELAND setting a new series record with 2.4M total viewers for its initial airing (an additional 500K tuned in for the re-broadcast later in the evening). Whatever the qualms have been over this season’s creative direction, its viewership has been very solid. MASTERS OF SEX has […]
Dancing beats singing. ABC: The summer isn’t off to a great start, with the hugely-hyped premiere of DUETS–more of a variety show than a competition in its first episode– failing to spark much viewer interest and landing at a 1.7. That wasn’t far ahead of the reruns on CBS and NBC (and behind Big […]
Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday April 6 through Sunday April 12, 2020. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar […]
BROADCAST FINALS: New Year’s Day continued to be the domain of reruns on the networks. The highest-rated telecast of the day was ABC’s afternoon coverage of the CITRUS BOWL at 1.24, with the preceding ROSE PARADE at 0.93 Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games had […]
NETWORK FINALS: PEOPLE’S LIST lost 0.1 in final numbers, and NBC’s NASCAR race adjusted to 1.2. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Once again, Spike’s marathon of COPS reruns was listed by the network as “originals,” making them dominate the chart. That domination was […]
A night of mostly declines. NBC: THE VOICE fell 0.3 to 3.9, still the highest-rated show of the night. BLAKE SHELTON’S NOT SO FAMILY CHRISTMAS held very well, with a 2.8 that was higher than several recent episodes of Revolution. CBS: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was down 0.3 to 3.0, and then a rerun […]
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 & […]
>The top two programs on cable this week aired on Sunday against the not-what-it-used-to-be but still very big Academy Awards on ABC. Most notable was Walking Dead on AMC at 9:00 pm, just when the awards ceremony was getting rolling. Facing the huge entertainment special, Walking Dead actually was up over last week, from a […]