> Reports are that NBC’s midseason sitcom based on Chelsea Handler’s bestselling book has unceremoniously dumped much of its supporting cast:  out are Natalie Morales and Angel Laketa Moore, the actresses who played Laura Prepon (Chelsea)’s best friends, as well as Joy Koy, who played one of her co-workers.  Reportedly this isn’t just a matter […]

  Although last night’s launch of DANCING WITH THE STARS will dampen things a bit, ABC is in better shape now than it’s been for months.  Last week’s averages included 3 hours of THE BACHELOR finale, as well as the successful second episode of RESURRECTION, and with Shonda Rhimes and SHARK TANK doing their part, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  An unusual number of adjustments for a day that didn’t feature sports preemptions or breaking news/weather interruptions.  THE MASKED SINGER rose 0.2 in final numbers, and BIG BROTHER, I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE, the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale and the recap hour all gained 0.1.          […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 11 through Sunday January 17, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.43/0.33/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.46/0.36/0.31/0.27/0.29/0.33. NBC:  After a rerun SNL clip show at 0.51, THE WHEEL was down 0.02 to 0.26. FOX:  Reruns at 0.21/0.13/0.17. CW:  Reruns at 0.08/0.06. AMAZON:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 2.82, down 0.76 from last week’s game. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON lost 0.03 to 0.24, REINA […]

NBC averaged a 6.6 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm last night, well ahead of the same night in Turin 2006 (5.6) and Vancouver 2010 (5.5).  Events last night included: Men’s Halfpipe, Pairs’ Short Program, and Women’s Ski Jumping. Through Tuesday, Sochi is averaging a 6.9 adult 18-49 rating for the Olympics to date, now comfortably ahead […]

  Viewership for the Season 3 finale of DOWNTON ABBEY wasn’t hurt at all (and may have been helped a bit) by the fact that its “surprise” death had been out there in the internet ether since the show aired in the UK last December.  The finale had a 5.2 household rating and an estimated […]