NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.2 on NBC, which was 0.3 below the last CBS final rating for a Thursday game.  Elsewhere, GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 for its midseason finale.  That’s only 0.3 below where GREY’S was at this point last year, while HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.0 in final numbers, and FOX’s game adjusted to 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A typical fall cable Saturday, dominated by sports and late-night animation. ESPN had 3 games in the Top […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the original pilot for THE MANDALORIAN (to coincide with the new season starting this week on Disney+) was at 0.29.  20/20 was up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS:  SWAT fell 0.13 to 0.33, followed by reruns at 0.21/0.20. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ ticked down to 0.26, YOUNG ROCK gained […]

    BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP dipped 0.04 from Thursday to 0.56, and 20/20 was up 0.07 to 0.50. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION was at 0.42, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 59% from the parallel night in 2018. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 3 through Sunday August 9, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

  It appears that this fall season will lack any breakout hit 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 […]

  Not all Game 7s are created equal. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC:  Reruns at 0.39/0.32. CBS:  Reruns at 0.19/0.20/0.23. NBC:  Reruns at 0.20/0.19. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN lost 0.04 to 0.49. CW:  After a rerun PENN & TELLER: FOOL US at 0.04, DYNASTY was steady at 0.03. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSAS dropped 0.06 to 0.29, AMOR VALIENTE ticked up to 0.23, and INFIEL was […]