NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.9, a full point below last week’s final number.  In addition, NCIS: LA gained 0.1, while THE SIMPSONS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It seems as though HBO can breathe a sign […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TAKEN lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable at 0.65, steady with last week.  (Once again, it was an HBO theatrical movie in 2nd place, with IT’s 0.51 a bit below […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 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 weekend last year. NBA Playoffs […]

  Monday cable was dominated, as usual, by the unscripted (well, let’s pretend they’re unscripted) WWE WRESTLING on USA and LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA on VH1.  (With VH1 back on DirecTV, Love & Hip-Hop had a big ratings bump from 1.5 to 2.0–it’s also notable for a tremendous 1.1 additional rating in its 10PM reairing, […]

Apparently ABC viewers are unimpressed by superheroes. ABC:  On a night when the other networks were mostly down (were viewers at the multiplex to see the near-record Avengers opening?), all of ABC’s shows were up, and the network took the night across the board.  SHARK TANK and PRIMETIME, in particular, rose a strong 0.3 for […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s Alabama vs. USC game adjusted up 0.1 to 2.5 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ORIGINALS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, with games and related programming occupying 11 of the Top 12 slots.  (ESPN alone had 10 of those, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s TOUR DE PHARMACY special crossed the finish line at 0.15, sharply down from the 0.29 for Andy Samberg’s 7 DAYS IN HELL special in 2015. […]

Tuesday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser sales demographics (adult 18-34 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares), and total viewership […]