See our analysis of the fall line-ups for NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS. In a way, CW got there before anyone else.  The mini-network has been able to make a business out of shrunken linear ratings for years, cobbling together low network license fees, lucrative SVOD deals, an extensive push on streaming, and international sales to produce […]

  Except for football and a football-adjacent show, no network programming on Sunday night even hit a 2 rating. ABC:  As it heads towards its midseason climax, ONCE UPON A TIME tied its series low 1.9.  The Hallmark Hall of Fame movie CHRISTMAS IN CONWAY scored a terrible 1.1, although it was somewhat less awful […]

  Reruns decked the halls on Christmas night. ABC:  THE MIDDLE and MODERN FAMILY led the way with1.3s, giving ABC the win. NBC:  Nothing in the network’s mix of rerun holiday specials and a repeat of Monday’s HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT scored above 0.7. CBS:  Ditto for a pair of procedurals and a rerun of the […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 18 and Sunday January 19, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NFL Playoffs: Conference Championships Weekend Sunday 29.5 rating CBS 3:00 AFC New England-Denver (+6% from 27.9 […]

Thursday night’s Winter Olympic coverage from Sochi averaged a 5.9 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals from 8-11 pm on NBC.  This is down one tenth from last Thursday’s first-ever Opening Ceremony-eve coverage (a 6.0 rating when no medals where at stake).  Also, last night’s coverage was slightly behind the the same night in […]

  Thanks mostly to last night’s ACADEMY AWARDS, ABC enjoyed one of its very few weekly wins of the season.  The network was at 3.34 last week, up a huge 2.23 from the week before, while NBC was at 1.79 (down a massive 2.44 with the end of the Olympics), CBS averaged 1.69 (up 0.55 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no meaningful adjustments to the preliminary Saturday primetime ratings (i.e., changes that would alter the original rating by at least one-tenth of a point).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The holiday weekend continued to be sports-heavy.  NFL Network’s […]

  UPDATE:  The big change came early in the evening, as 60 MINUTES adjusted down 0.6 to 2.0, reflecting the deduction of the time zone viewers who were actually watching NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage.  That overrun rose 0.1 to 4.0, and all the rest of the night’s changes were also a matter of 0.1 up or […]