> Welcome back to Network Scorecard, where we consider the perplexing case of AMERICAN IDOL. FOX:  It’s now clear that the biggest story of the 2011-12 television season is the slump in established reality-competition franchises.  Idol joins Dancing With the Stars and The Biggest Loser with a nearly 30% decline from last year’s Wednesday average.  […]

America’s Got Talent was the top-rated program on the broadcast networks again last night with Adults 18-49, averaging a 3.4 rating from 8-9 pm (up from Monday’s 3.2 but down from a 3.7 last Tuesday when AGT aired in its normal 9 pm slot).  NBC moved AGT to 8 pm this week to help launch Love in the Wild, a move […]

  The usual suspects. 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 and comparisons follow the […]

Only fans of cooking shows found something to watch besides basketball. FOX:  The network’s Gordon Ramsay double feature held up well, with HELL’S KITCHEN and MASTERCHEF both essentially flat from last week at 2.2/2.0. ABC:  The NBA FINALS owned the night, and once the game’s preliminary 6.0 goes up in final numbers, ABC’s evening will […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 19 and Sunday March 20, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 3.76 rating ABC 8:30 […]

  A Happy 4th of July to all!  Viewers started their holiday early last night, leading to reduced ratings for everyone. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, but that was down 0.9 from last week’s live show, which combined with a 1.3 for LOVE IN THE […]

More distortions by local coverage of NFL Preseason games, especially on CBS and FOX. 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 […]

Based on fast nationals for Friday-Sunday and official national ratings for Monday-Thursday, the week of July 16-22 looks like ABC and FOX in a tie for first place with CBS and NBC several notches below, fighting to stay out of fourth place. ABC challenged FOX for first place this week (both networks around a 1.44/1.45 […]