Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday:  

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 9 and Sunday January 10, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL schedule weekend or the same calendar weekend last year. NFL: […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY each rose 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Round 2 of the NBA PLAYOFFS was on TNT, and they were the top 2 shows of the night at 1.93/1.80.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA lost 0.23 to 1.41, and an AFTERPARTY lead-out was at 0.98, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.8.  In addition, the reruns of THE WALL, ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and SNL all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Auburn vs. Georgia COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led Saturday […]

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun at 0.28, 20/20 was at 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.180.18 NBC:  US OPEN coverage was at 0.40. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.07 to 0.67. CW: After reruns at 0.06/0.07, GREAT AMERICAN JOKE OFF was up 0.02 to 0.05. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP jumped a tenth to 0.23, BETTY EN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELEMENTARY and the rerun THE WALL each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER was again at the top of Thursday cable, but down 0.15 from last week to 0.52, with UNTOLD STORIES […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.49, the Oscar-nominated documentary SUMMER OF SOUL was at 0.15, followed by a rerun of THE WONDER YEARS at 0.11. CBS:  60 MINUTES was at 0.52, followed by BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION, which zoomed by 0.24 to 0.50 compared to its Super Bowl […]

  Summer TV:  when even a 1.0 rating is precious. 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 […]