BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.04 to 0.47, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was steady at 0.50, SUPERMARKET SWEEP rose 0.06 to 0.43, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.05 to 0.36. CBS  Compared to 2 weeks ago, the last time CBS had the late national NFL game, 60 MINUTES was up a […]

  Another dominating night for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 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 […]

> College football between nationally-ranked teams was the only attraction on network TV Saturday night.  CBS was #1 with a 2.7 rating for Alabama (#3 ranking) at Florida (#12), from the popular SEC conference.  ABC was #2 with a 1.8 rating for Nebraska (#8) at Wisconsin (#7).  FOX replaced its sagging Cops franchise, repeating Terra Nova’s […]

Night 3 of the Democratic National Convention (President Obama, Senator Tim Kaine and VP Joe Biden speaking) attracted 23.7 million viewers 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three major cable new channels, down 1.1 million from Night 2 (but that is a fairly typical decline for the DNC on Night 3).  In contrast, the RNC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s final STANLEY CUP game adjusted to 2.7.  Elsewhere, CARD SHARKS and NCIS: THE CASES THEY CAN’T FORGET lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   The season premiere of OWN’s QUEEN SUGAR was at 0.21, down 0.08 from […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the Marvel/Disney movie SHANG-CHI & THE LEGEND OF THE 10 RINGS was at 0.28. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.26/0.18/0.16. NBC:  Reruns at 0.21/0.24/0.16. FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.13. CW:  After a rerun at 0.04, 100 DAYS TO INDY was up 0.03 to 0.05. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP slipped 0.03 to […]

  The WINTER OLYMPICS stayed subdued. 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 follow the […]

>CBS was up a touch from last week, thanks to high ratings from the NCAA basketball tournament flowing into prime time.  The bad news is that basketball ended at 7:18 pm, so the impact was not as substantial as if the game had ended around 7:30 or 7:45.  The other broadcast networks were similar to […]