> A seemingly atypical night turned out to be fairly typical after all. ABC:  The network preempted its entire line-up for the CMA AWARDS, and did very well, with a preliminary 4.8 that was up a tick from last year’s ceremony (and up in every half-hour from the night’s usual line-up except for MODERN FAMILY‘s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  News specials about the death of Queen Elizabeth were at 0.36/0.33. CBS:  After reruns at 0.34/0.32, BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.67. NBC:  The official NFL season began with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at 5.86.  That was down 1.71 from last year’s kick-off game, but still a mammoth number for linear […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 12 through Sunday August 18, 2019.  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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With the local football simulcast removed, both DANCING WITH THE STARS and CASTLE lost 0.1 from this morning’s numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL led the night’s cable, down 0.19 from last week’s game […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE was steady at 0.55, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was up 0.06 to 0.29. CBS:  FBI slipped 0.02 to 0.53, FBI: INTERNATIONAL rose 0.08 to 0.48, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up a tenth to 0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE was steady at 0.60, LA BREA dropped 0.06 to 0.32, […]

  The conventions are over, and TV’s summer Fridays are as dull as ever. 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 […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday July 16, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted in yesterday’s Network Scorecard text, the GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 5.0 in final numbers.  In addition, after football adjustments, THE SIMPSONS fell 0.6 to 2.8, and GHOSTED was down 0.2 to 1.6.  Elsewhere, the 9PM SHARK TANK rose 0.1 to 1.4.         Broadcast […]