Partial ratings are in for last night’s Super Bowl (the household rating from the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters, covering 70% of the country).  Excluding the 8:45-9:15 pm half hour, most of which was the truly embarrassing Superdome blackout, the game averaged a 48.1 household rating in the metered markets, edging the previous record […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS was on top of Wednesday cable at 0.51, up 0.13 from last week.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.48/0.26.  Cable […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS and BULL each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s Golden State vs. Oklahoma City NBA game topped Tuesday cable at 1.04, with the early Washington vs. Philadelphia game at 0.46.  On History, CURSE OF […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   Note, it appears as though Showtime aired an unannounced premiere of WHO IS AMERICA at midnight with an 0.09 rating.   A&E’s LIVE PD topped Saturday cable, […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 20 and Sunday December 21, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 16 Saturday 4.8 rating NFL Network 4:30 pm Philadelphia at Washington 8.9 rating CBS+NFL […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MODERN FAMILY rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up 0.08 to 0.81, with HUNTING HITLER up 0.08 to 0.44.  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN edged up 0.02 to […]

  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 […]

  Nobody does family events like Disney. 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 […]