The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 15 and Sunday August 16, 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 calendar weekend last year. Football […]

  The WEIRD LONERS are likely to stay that way, although there was enough bad news for all the networks last night. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of SHARK TANK was at 0.35, down 0.02 from the last new episode, and down a tenth from last season’s finale.  20/20 dropped 0.09 to 0.19. CBS:  On season finale night, SWAT was at 0.35 (down a tick from last week, and up 0.03 from last season’s finale […]

    A night for departures and arrivals..   CBS:  The 1-hour season finale of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (which disclosed not The Mother, but Barney’s wife) was up from recent episodes at 3.6, also better than last week’s 2 Broke Girls finale.  The 2 1/2 MEN season finale was even with recent weeks […]

  Even at the end of Thanksgiving weekend, viewers weren’t enthused about returning to their TVs. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down 0.17 from its last regular airing on June 21.  Nickelodeon’s SPONGEBOB was at 0.37 (plus a simulcast on TeenNick […]

  DANCING WITH THE STARS lost the beat. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, the bulk of the adjustments affected CW:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and SIGNIFICANT MOTHER each dropped 0.2, and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY was down 0.1.  In addition, AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the CSI LA rerun, but the BACHELOR IN PARADISE after-show lost 0.1. […]