>A classic NFC match-up between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys generated a preliminary 8.5 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals.  We are estimating that the game rating (starting at 8:30 pm) will go up to a 9.3, tying the Dallas-Philadelphia game on October 30 and just behind the 10.0 rating on September […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  US OPEN coverage adjusted to 0.5.  In addition, there were 0.1 drops for the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, and for both episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the new episode of THE BIG STAGE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s […]

  Except at CBS, there was a lot of coal in network stockings. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In adjusted ratings, BEAUTY & THE BEAST declined by 0.1 from this morning’s numbers, while MASTERCHEF and THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1.  (No change for MISTRESSES or 24.) MONDAY CABLE:  LONGMIRE returned to A&E at 0.7, down 0.2 from last season’s premiere and finale, and also down about 10% from its 2013 premiere […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  New Year’s Day continued to be the domain of reruns on the networks.  The highest-rated telecast of the day was ABC’s afternoon coverage of the CITRUS BOWL at 1.24, with the preceding ROSE PARADE at 0.93   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games had […]

  If there were any die-hards out there still nursing some flicker of hope that SMASH could survive its move to the basement of network television on Saturday nights, the ratings for its debut (which featured a fairly painful appearance by Liza Minnelli) snuffed them out.  Not only did Smash fall to its all-time low […]

SPECIAL NOTE: Starting this week, the sports rankings will include sporting events with over 100K persons 2+ L+SD and over 90 minutes long. Formerly, the viewer threshold was 200K. Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 27 through Sunday March 5, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The top-rated primetime telecast was ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 0.69, with NBC’s game at 0.58.  CW’s original shows were at 0.05/0.07.  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rose 0.21 to 1.03.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual, Saturday cable was dominated by sports.  TBS’s NLCS MLB PLAYOFFS game was […]