NOTE: The ABC numbers below contain viewing of NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL in Miami on WPLG. The FOX numbers below contain TNF viewing in Jacksonville on WFOX. Precise program ratings for Thursday night will be available this afternoon. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key […]

  Fittingly, the OLYMPICS ended low. 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 Olympics comparisons follow […]

> NBC slid to a 3.0 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm, still #1 for the night but the night is eroding steadily.  Pending updates in the official nationals, Two and a Half Men will be the #1 show last night with a 3.7 rating, edging The Voice by one tenth of a rating […]

  Unlike last Saturday, when the Notre Dame game was dominant, last night’s ABC and FOX games were close in appeal, with ABC at a preliminary 1.0 and FOX at 0.8.  NBC had NASCAR at 0.4, and CBS followed 0.4/0.6 reruns with 48 HOURS at 0.7. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was an avalanche of 0.1 drops from preliminary numbers:  CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game, ABC’s SHARK TANK rerun, WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20, NBC’s reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and DATELINE, and CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun all faced the same result.  The WHOSE LINE IS IT […]

> FOX’s New Girl starring Zooey Deschanel is the clear standout so far this week.  At a 4.7 Adult 18-49 rating, New Girl’s series debut was the highest rated show on any network last night, rising 24% from its Glee lead-in.  This is an impressive showing from the freshman comedy. On CBS, Unforgettable made its […]

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). ###

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday July 21, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]