Ratings for Tuesday’s ESPN matches have been added to the table below. The 3:30 pm telecast of Belgium vs USA averaged 13,440,000 persons 2+, just behind the 13,774,000 for USA vs Portugal on Sunday June 22 at 6 pm, a much better time period. The streaming viewership had to be around a few million, so […]
A pair of COLLEGE FOOTBALL Conference Championships dominated Saturday primetime, both providing entry for the winners into the year’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS. At least in preliminary numbers, FOX’s Michigan State vs. Iowa game (2.6) topped ABC’s Clemson vs. North Carolina (2.4). NBC’s annual airing of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, at 0.6, was about where […]
NETWORK FINALS: FOX’s regional MLB coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Sports led Saturday cable, with Fox Sports 1’s WOMEN’S WORLD CUP matches at 0.51/0.29. ESPN’s UFC telecast was at 0.42. Univision’s COPA D’ORO match was at […]
NETWORK UPDATE: NOTE–because of NFL exhibition game preemptions, comparisons are to last week’s final Saturday ratings, rather than preliminary Sunday morning numbers. NBC: the GYMNASTICS special adjusted to 0.5, and HANNIBAL was steady at 0.3. CBS: PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage pushed the primetime line-up by half an hour, and all the night’s reruns were down 0.2, to 0.3/0.5/0.6. ABC: the […]
A soft night in general. 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 […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 26 through Sunday September 27, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the comparable weekend last year. NFL: Week 3 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but no such luck for THE NIGHT SHIFT, which stayed at 1.5 but was actually at 1.3 for 45 of its 60 minutes. Similarly, GOTHAM rose 0.1, but the SLEEPY HOLLOW season finale remained at this morning’s numbers. In addition, CASTLE lost 0.1. Ratings in […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Reruns at 0.27/0.20/0.16/0.12/0.24 CBS: BIG BROTHER gained 0.05 to 0.75, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.02 to 0.42. A SWAT rerun followed at 0.17. NBC: Reruns at 0.24/0.25/0.28. FOX: MASTERCHEF lost 0.06 to 0.42, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE ticked down to 0.29. CW: MYSTERIES DECODED held at 0.05, […]