Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 28 through Sunday October 4, 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both ROOKIE BLUE and GANG RELATED gained 0.1 in final numbers, putting ROOKIE above lsat season’s finale (although still 0.1 below last season’s premiere). THURSDAY CABLE:  As detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post, the 2:30PM and 5:30PM matches on ESPN were the day’s highest rated cable telecasts at 1.3.  PAWN STARS (History) […]

Tuesday ratings last night, last year and last week.  President Obama’s address on Syria interrupted network schedules to varying degrees at 9 pm ET last night, with NBC sliding America’s Got Talent a little over 15 minutes, while CBS was closer to a half-hour slide of the 9 and 10 pm repeat dramas.  ABC devoted […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The US GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS and the rerun of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD returned from a 3-week break, and although it led Sunday scripted […]

  A slow pre-holiday night may well have made AQUARIUS the lowest-rated series ever renewed by a major broadcast network. 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 […]

  A trio of shows premiered last night, but only one did so impressively. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.8, and FOX’s to 0.7, up 0.1 for each of them.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports occupied 9 of the 10 top slots on Saturday cable, with Fox Sports 1’s coverage of […]

  THE FOLLOWING didn’t have much of one in its return. 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 […]