Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 21-22, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, July 22-23, […]

  THE NIGHT SHIFT had an unusually perky night.  In addition, note that in the post-midnight realm, LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN had a solid start with older audiences, premiering at 1.4 in total households, ahead of the 1.2 for LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS.  In 18-49s, though, Meyers was ahead of Corden, 0.5 […]

> ABC’s Last Man Standing premiered with a very solid 3.5 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-9 pm, doubling the Dancing with the Stars repeat special in the time period last week (1.7 rating).  At 9 pm, Dancing with the Stars Results was up to a 3.2 rating (from 2.9 last week), while Body of Proof […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  A synergistic run of CBS/Paramount’s original TOP GUN in advance of the sequel was at 0.27.  NBC’s SNL dipped 0.02 to 0.81.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NHL PLAYOFFS were at 0.58 on TNT and 0.52/0.39 on ESPN.  ESPN also had […]

>The fast nationals for Wednesday give Game 1 of the World Series a 3.9 Adult 18-49 rating (yet to be time zone adjusted).  Last night we predicted a 3.8 in the fast nationals and a 4.1 in the official nationals.  This number keeps it from being the worst Game 1 rating in history…just the second […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  1/6 Committee coverage at 0.66 was followed by the special PRIDE TO BE SEEN at 0.25. CBS:  Committee coverage at 0.38 was followed by a BULL rerun at 0.23. NBC:  Committee coverage at 0.48 was followed by a rerun SVU at 0.20. FOX:  Reruns at 0.18/0.20. CW:  WALKER rose 0.05 to […]

>As expected, Game 6 of the World Series went up substantially in the official nationals to a 6.5 Adult 18-49 rating.  Not quite the 6.9 forecast but close.  The news was also good for The Big Bang Theory (4.6), The Office (2.9), Person of Interest (2.7) and Vampire Diaries (1.5), all adjusted up a tenth […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.31/0.38/0.31. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24/0.15/0.16. NBC:  After a NEWS SPECIAL at 0.09, reruns at 0.08/0.20. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.23. CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.05/0.06. TELEMUNDO:  A movie at 0.11. UNIVISION:  SE RENTAN CUARTOS at 0.16/0.14.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s ANIMAL KINGDOM […]