> Four weeks into its initial season, HOMELAND has received a 2d season order from Showtime.  Although the series’ ratings haven’t been stellar–it routinely loses at least half the audience of its Dexter lead-in–Homeland has been getting exactly the kind of buzz and critical attention that pay-TV networks crave, so this makes perfect sense.  There’s […]

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 28-October 4, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SNL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL rose 0.1 in final numbers, but both the SURVIVOR finale and the REUNION SPECIAL lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s VIKINGS won a subdued night for cable, up 0.02 to 0.56, with […]

>FOX should be well above a 20 rating (we are saying a 21) when the official nationals are in tomorrow for 7-11 pm Sunday.  This is well above CBS’s performance on this night last year, when the game ended on time at 10 pm.  Last night, a thrilling overtime game went to about 10:35, and […]

  Halloween is traditionally not a great night for network TV, especially on the younger-skewing side, brecause viewers have other plans.  Last night was no exception. ABC:  With all the promos for NASHVILLE, THE CMA AWARDS and MALIBU COUNTRY that aired last night, viewers could be forgiven for wondering if they’d mistakenly tuned in to TNN.  It didn’t benefit Nashville any, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE ORIGINALS’ half of its crossover with THE VAMPIRE DIARIES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped Friday cable, up 0.05 from last week to 1.31, and the network aired a VENOM HUNTERS rerun […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.39, followed by 20/20 down a tick to 0.28. CBS:  The uncanceled SWAT gained 0.06 to 0.36, FIRE COUNTRY was up 0.03 to 0.35, and BLUE BLOODS lost 0.02 to 0.28. NBC:  After a rerun at 0.29, DATELINE was up 0.03 to 0.27. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN climbed […]

  Not all reboots are events. 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 […]