> As the season starts to wind down, CBS adds its season finale announcements to the chorus.  Interestingly most of the network’s shows will go into hibernation before the official final week of the season: Sunday April 29 9PM:  THE GOOD WIFE Sunday May 6 8PM:  THE AMAZING RACE (2 hour finale) Monday May 7 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.0. and FOX’s game ended up at 0.6.  In addition, NBC’s run of the movie FREE BIRDS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL reigned over Saturday cable, with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of THE ROOKIE and SUPERGIRL lost the same (the latter rounded down to 0.0).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN may have seen its schedule eradicated of virtually all […]

  Happy New Year to our readers.  And it was a very happy send-off to 2017 for ABC. 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 […]

>CBS Monday was back in originals from top to bottom, with fairly solid results from all shows.  The night averaged a very good 4.1 Adult 18-49 rating.  The only note of concern is Two and a Half Men, which was the second lowest original of the season (although a 5.0 rating is hardly a reason […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO persists in labeling its theatrical movies as “originals,” which is why STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is at the top of Saturday’s cable list, although that 0.75 […]

  The Tuesday battle between NBC and ABC tightened. 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 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday May 4 through Sunday May 10, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is […]