Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 2 through Sunday December 8, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

  The networks aren’t enjoying the holiday week. NBC:  THE VOICE followed its worst Monday of the season with its worst Tuesday (other than an Oct 2 clip show), down 0.6 to a 3.3 that had CBS right on its heels.  GO ON held even at 2.2, winning the 9PM sitcom battle (although the race […]

Not so Amazing. CBS:  The cycle finale of THE AMAZING RACE tied its all-time finale low at 2.6, down more than a ratings point from last fall’s finale.  Instead of Race boosting THE MENTALIST at 10PM, that show was down 0.2 for the week to 1.6. ABC:  A night of Christmas specials, with 1.4s for […]

  It’s been a busy couple of days for premieres and returns on basic cable (pay cable’s big night is this upcoming Sunday, when both HBO and Showtime begin their winter schedules).  The winner:  PRETTY LITTLE LIARS on ABCFamily, with a strong 1.4 rating in 18-49s that was beaten for the night only by an […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday August 20-21, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, August 22-23, […]

Partial ratings are in for last night’s Super Bowl (the household rating from the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters, covering 70% of the country).  Excluding the 8:45-9:15 pm half hour, most of which was the truly embarrassing Superdome blackout, the game averaged a 48.1 household rating in the metered markets, edging the previous record […]

The Labor Day holiday will cause delays for daily nationals ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few days.  This is how the ratings should roll out this week.  We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday Sep 2 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday Sep 6 at 1 pm (normally Monday afternoon) Saturday Sep 3 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Sep 7 at 6 am […]

The last Friday of February sweeps was dull for every network. CBS:  After the failure of The Job, CBS rushed UNDERCOVER BOSS back into its 8PM slot, and although Boss outperformed the deceased show, its 1.5 was 0.4 lower than the last time it aired 3 weeks ago (still enough to win the 8PM hour).  The […]