NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s STANLEY CUP game adjusted up to 2.2.  Elsewhere, the YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The week’s trend of underwhelming high-profile scripted cable premieres continued with the 0.32/0.25  for Freeform’s CLOAK & […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  For AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, it was a familiar story:  the show dominated the Sunday ratings, but the midseason premiere was down a painful 0.80 from last year’s […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday December 3-4, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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, December 5-6, […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments from this morning’s ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader carried the night with 0.90 for the late game, the earlier match was 0.61.  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY was at 0.62/0.61, compared to last week’s season premiere 0.79/0.78, with lead-out JEP […]

It’s awfully early in the season for such a lousy night. NBC:  The network was in a big hurry yesterday to announce full-season orders for GO ON and THE NEW NORMAL, and both shows responded by hitting new lows (the spin will be that they followed an unusually low clip show version of The Voice, […]

  THE VOICE is looking awfully tired. 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 follow […]

The Voice hasn’t run out of steam just yet. NBC:  The cycle finale of THE VOICE hit a 4.9, way up from last week and even more impressively, up half a point from last spring’s finale.  Even a rerun of the previous night’s episode at 8PM managed a 2.4, in 2d place for its hour.  […]

Olympics minus 1. ABC:  Possibly in the belief that its activities qualified for Olympic medals, viewers thronged to WIPEOUT, giving it a 2.2 that was up 0.5 from last week.  ROOKIE BLUE was also up a bit to 1.5, winning its hour, and ABC took the night. CBS:  The night fell apart at 10PM, when […]