Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday January 27-28, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, January 28-29, […]

  NOTE:  The NFL PRESEASON enters its 2d week tonight, which means that for the next several days there will be preemptions in many cities, leading to more afternoon adjustments than usual. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.39, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD ticked down to 0.50, THE FINAL STRAW gained 0.05 to 0.39, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID was down 0.02 to 0.37. CBS:  After a 60 MINUTES rerun at 0.43 and before an NCIS: LA rerun at 0.17, BIG BROTHER rose […]

  FRIDAY STARZ:  The network continues to have a hard time getting any traction for its original scripted shows, as MAGIC CITY returned for its second season with a miniscule 500K viewers, of whom only 30% were under 50 (an 0.1 rating). SYFY:  CONTINUUM held just about even, with 1.3M viewers and an 0.4 rating […]

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). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night […]

> Football is like crack for TV networks. FOX:  The NY Giants/Green Bay playoff game was massive, and since it ran until 8:12PM on the east coast, the giant SIMPSONS number, currently a 6.8, will end up adjusted.  Given the atypically huge lead-in for the evening and the adjustments, it’s hard to tell just how […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.90 rating CBS 12:00 pm Syracuse at North Carolina State 1.83 rating CBS 2:00 pm […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the NFL overrun, THE SIMPSONS fell 0.6 in final numbers, and BOB’S BURGERS, FAMILY GUY and REL were all down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s DIRTY JOHN had an impressive finale, up 0.16 to 0.59 […]