NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage and the rerun of BATTLEBOTS each received an extra 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, we’re at the mercy of the way some of the cable networks list their theatrical movie premieres, which is why JOHN WICK and SKYFALL are included in the Top 10 below.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After an afternoon NBA PLAYOFFS game at 1.78, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.07 to 0,48, AMERICAN IDOL jumped 0.13 to 0.64, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was up 0.03 to 0.23. CBS:  Without the MASTERS lead-in that it had last week, 60 MINUTES fell three-tenths to 0.55.  The rest of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP and THE BRIEFCASE each gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net took the night’s cable honors with a 1.33 rating for Game 4 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS.  BET’s THE GAME was up 0.01 to 0.68, with a 0.46 lead-in from a movie, and a lead-out […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.2, down 0.4 from last week’s game.  In addition, there were 0.1 bumps for GREY’S ANATOMY, SUPERSTORE, THE GOOD PLACE and MOM, while I FEEL BAD lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 9 through Sunday March 15, 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 the similar chart for the same […]

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). ###

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE NIGHT SHIFT fell even lower in final numbers, down 0.1 to a 1.3 that represented just half of its AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lead-in.  The NCIS LA nudged up 0.1, while the FAMILY GUY rerun nudged down. TUESDAY CABLE:  As detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL, the highest rated shows of the […]

  Even with a captive audience, the attraction of network TV may be fading. 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 […]