NETWORK FINALS:  DANCING WITH THE STARS, THE VOICE and KEVIN CAN WAIT each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The usual 3 networks were at the top of Monday cable.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP rose a tenth […]

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 ABC:  It was a night of reruns on all the English-language networks.  On ABC, they were at 0.40/0.32/0.28. CBS:  0.31/0.23/0.20/0.20/0.20. NBC:  0.25/0.28/0.23. FOX:  0.21/0.21. CW:  0.02/0.02. TELEMUNDO:  Returning from an off-week, CASA DE FAMOSOS was at 0.29, AMOR VALIENTA was at 0.22, and INFIEL was at 0.22. UNIVISION:  MEXICANA Y EL GUERO […]

  Election coverage, by its nature, is live programming, and thus subject to adjustment in final numbers.  Currently NBC leads the night at 1.4, with ABC at 1.3 and CBS at 0.9.  In addition, while FOX and CW aired scripted programming, many of their local stations preempted or interrupted the shows for election updates, so […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Saturday, 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).

        NETWORK FINALS:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.51/0.35/0.20 compared to last week’s 0.52/0.35/0.15.  We’s LOVE AFTER LOCKUP ticked up to 0.28.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON […]

The ratings for most network programs came back down to Earth in the official nationals (with the NFL preseason games filtered out of the early ratings, as we explained this morning).  As expected, Big Brother was least impacted (only down one tenth from this morning because CBS was able air it at 10 pm in the California […]

NOTE: The FOX WORLD SERIES Game 3 numbers below will rise in the official nationals (about +20%) when live viewing in Los Angeles and the rest of the West Coast before 8PM PT is factored in.  However, even with that increase, the game’s ratings will be historically low. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour […]