Disney/ABC accomplished its corporate goal. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CONVICTION lost 0.1 in final numbers to an even more dismal 0.6, JANE THE VIRGIN gave back the morning’s 0.1 gain, and THE ODD COUPLE was also down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL rose 0.29 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  All the English-language networks that weren’t FOX aired reruns, none rating higher than 0.18. FOX:  The SUPER BOWL was massive at 33.78, up 4.31 from 2022’s game, a hefty 15% increase (with a similar bump in total viewers). TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS was down 0.02 to 0.15, followed by a movie at […]

  It was almost like football season last night, with a sports overrun claiming Sunday’s biggest rating by far. CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  “The Masters over-run into CBS prime time last night (including two sudden-death playoff holes) averaged a 4.1 fast national rating with adults 18-49, which we are adjusting up to 4.7 to reflect […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game gained half a point in final numbers, putting it up to 2.0, while NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game rose 0.3 to 1.2.  In addition, the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun on CBS lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.35. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION gained 0.06 to 0.24, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.19. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN was up 0.03 to 0.47. CW:  KILLER CAMP ticked up to 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.03/0.04. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP rose 0.09 to 0.28, AMOR VALIENTE was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Every 8PM show–THE VOICE, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, NCIS, HELL’S KITCHEN and THE FLASH–went up 0.1 in final numbers.  (In NCIS’s case, that allowed it to avoid a new series low.)  After that, only PERSON OF INTEREST had a 0.1 boost. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts […]

The Labor Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday August 30 nationals available Tuesday September 3 by 2 pm Saturday August 31 nationals available […]