Last night’s live Supreme Court announcement may lead to some adjustments this afternoon. 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 […]

  ABC was the odd network out last night, despite an all-new line-up. NBC:  THE WINNER IS was far from the winner in its Thursday premiere with a 1.0.  (It followed a repeat of itself, which didn’t do much worse with 0.8.)  The premiere of HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT fared better.  Per Mitch Metcalf:  Game Night […]

  What a difference a year makes:  on the same Sunday night last year, NBC averaged an 11.6 rating with adults 18-49 in prime time for the second night of competition at the London Summer Olympic Games, and the four broadcast networks added up to a 14.4 rating.  Last night, the networks combined for a […]

“Say the name of the highest rated program of the week.  Say it.” “Breaking Bad.” “You’re Goddamn right.” AMC’s extraordinary drama Breaking Bad tops the list of broadcast and cable programs for the week.  The first of the final eight episodes of the landmark series scored a 2.9 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday, including viewers […]

  A quiet season finale took the night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). With two preseason NFL games this past week (Friday and Saturday), CBS jumped to the top of the networks in prime time for the week ending Sunday.  (Last week, FOX had two games and claimed the […]

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 34: August 17-August 23, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the second Friday of March Madness (the second and final night of the Regional Semifinals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages, and two games have been added to the TBS average. CBS is now averaging almost 6.3 million viewers 2+ for the tournament to date […]