Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 19: May 4-May 10, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.37, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY was steady at 0.37, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE dipped 0.03 to 0.33, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.03 to 0.27. CBS:  60 MINUTES was at 0.56, a tick off 2 weeks ago when the network didn’t have the late national NFL […]

The Presidents Day holiday will cause delays for national television ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  As a rule of thumb, national holidays that close banks, stock markets or post offices also impact Nielsen ratings (MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s). After this […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64.  FOX’s primetime PAC 12 TOURNAMENT coverage was at 0.32.  CW’s originals were at 0.06/0.02.  In late-night, NBC’s SNL ticked down to 0.80.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was Championship day for most college basketball tournaments, and ESPN’s games were at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no mercy in the final numbers for WEIRD LONERS or THE DOVEKEEPERS.  However, THE VOICE, NCIS, THE FLASH and FOREVER all received 0.1 bumps. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): YOUNGER (TV Land) debuted with a 0.17 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After timezone adjustment, FOX’s coverage of the US OPEN fell to 0.9 in final numbers.  The only other change from Sunday prelims was a 0.1 drop for the rerun of MADAM SECRETARY.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season […]

  Some last-minute changes due to the awful news from Paris didn’t shake up the ratings. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The first installment of History’s GRANT was at 0.34. NatGeo’s BARKSKINS premiered at 0.12/0.08. USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.52/0.50/0.50, compared to last week’s 0.53/0.53/0.48.  On […]