The Thanksgiving 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 week or so. (All times Pacific.) Wed 11/24 nationals available Mon 11/29 by 2p Thu 11/25 nationals available Tue 11/30 by 8a Fri 11/26 nationals available Tue 11/30 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR fell 0.12 to 0.66, and PROMISED LAND was down 0.04 to 0.18. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION was at 0.42, down 0.05 from Sunday.  It was sandwiched between reruns at 0.48/0.36 and 0.20. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS were at 1.59, compared to 5.16 for the parallel night in 2018.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The horsemen of the Apocalypse continued to ride, as TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER kept its Wednesday cable throne, down 0.04 to 0.59.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW gained […]

  A couple of veterans began their farewells. 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 […]

  The other networks are glad to see the last of the World Series. FOX:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  with a 5.4 preliminary number, WORLD SERIES GAME 6 might end up around a 6.0 adult 18-49 rating in the official nationals, just below the low-end of the three recent Game 6 ratings (6.2 in 2008 for Philadelphia-Tampa Bay, 6.5 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US and NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up 0.02 to 0.65, with lead-out KINGS OF PAIN at 0.27.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY […]

  A generally good night for the networks. 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 […]

  UPDATE:  We don’t yet have final national ratings for ESPN’s coverage of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP, but they will be huge.  In the 56 largest TV markets with local Nielsen ratings, the game averaged an enormous 18.5 household rating, which would translate to around a 9 adult 18-49 rating (possibly approaching a 10 […]