BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The primetime NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN EVE ’22 PT2 at 10:00 PM wss an hour program rated from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM, and the network’s primetime 1.58/2.62 for the night compared to last year’s 2.31/3.55.  The 11:30 PM portion of ABC’s NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN EVE, normally the highest-rated New Year’s program […]

> The days when cable networks cowered from the might of the broadcast networks’ promotional machines and stayed away from Fall premiere season are over, and FX today announced start dates for its own Fall shows, in the weeks immediately before and after the broadcast official premiere week of Sept 19-25.   Tuesday Sept 6:  SONS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a week off, THE BACHELOR gained 0.04 to 0.77.  Despite that lead-in, the series premiere of PROMISED LAND could only manage 0.22. CBS:  The newly-renewed sitcoms were both up:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD by 0.11 to 0.72, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA by 0.09 to 0.58.  NCIS rose 0.07 to 0.61, and […]

  GLEE isn’t going out with any dignity. 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 […]

> WEDENESDAYS this Fall officially start September 21, although several series get an early start tonight: Survivor on CBS, Up All Night and Free Agents on NBC in a special 10-11 pm time period after the finale of America’s Got Talent (the comedies settle into their 8 pm hour next week), and the reality duo H8R […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 8: February 14-20, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 21 and Sunday February 22, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.68 rating CBS 1:00 pm Florida at LSU 0.39 rating FOX 12:00 pm […]

> On what has traditionally been the flagship night for network television, a mostly subdued start. NBC:  Amidst the carnage of its premiere week, finally there was a tenuous hour of good news for the Peacock.  THE OFFICE held very well at a 3.9, almost even with its average last season, and that was followed […]