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 30: July 19-25, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for the PARKS & RECREATION rerun on NBC. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Two big scripted shows returned to their line-ups on Tuesday to lead the night:  THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MIDDLE and NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA was at the top of Tuesday cable, as WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.12 to 0.98, and CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST went up 0.02 to 0.80.  ESPN’s NBA […]

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Sunday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, plus a few more of interest.  If you’d like additional lower-rated series included in the latter list, please let us know.  Some analysis and context follow the chart. Several networks took the Sunday of Labor Day weekend off, notably HBO, […]

  The CBS sitcoms were very solid on a slow night. 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). NOTE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL aired on 3 networks, with CBS at 1.96, ABC at 1.12 and FOX at 0.92.  CW launched its new line-up of Saturday originals at 0.06/0.07.  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rose 0.12 to 1.04. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS games were at […]

> On Saturday night, HBO’s GAME CHANGE scored the network’s highest premiere rating for an original TV-movie in 8 years.  (As it always the case with HBO, the movie will be rebroadcast many times, as well as being available on HBO GO and other platforms.)  While there were certainly A list names associated with the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  GREATEST HITS lost another 0.1 in final numbers, putting it down 0.2 from last week’s premiere, and AQUARIUS was down 0.1 as well.  (Note:  the reason AQUARIUS’s ratings were broken out with the first 13 minutes separate from the rest is that in much of the country–but not all–that section […]