Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Thursday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): NETWORK UPDATE: CBS coverage of Thursday Night Football jumped to a 7.5 adult 18-49 rating and 20,771,000 total viewers (any age).  The 7.5 demo rating is up an enormous 36% jump from the fast national rating this morning.  (Usually NFL […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE adjusted up 0.2 to 1.7 in finals, while 48 HOURS lost 0.1.  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.2 to 1.9, while FOX’s stayed put at 0.5.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, Saturday cable was again the land of COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, adjusted numbers leveled much of the day’s playing field.  HART OF DIXIE and BEAUTY & THE BEAST reverted to last week’s 0.4/0.3 ratings, while at CBS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ended up down 0.1 from last week at 3.0, and 2 BROKE GIRLS dropped 0.1 to 2.5.  MOM was […]

  A sleepy night for network TV. 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 of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After an AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun at 0.37, the 6th and final game of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.69. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.28/0.19/0.19. NBC:  After a NASCAR race at 0.45, a rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was at 0.28. FOX:  The season finale of DUNCANVILLE, down a tick to […]

  Little to be GLEEful about. FOX:  Despite a major episode that included NY auditions for 2 of the characters that the season had been building to (as well as, this being GLEE, a musical spousal abuse subplot, and a rock version of “The Rain In Spain”) Glee fell once again to a 2.4, tying […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday June 12 through Sunday June 18, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

  BLUE BLOODS ended its season with a small bump. 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 of 2). Ratings analysis […]