BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL shed 0.04 to 0.68, followed by an out-of-timeslot SHARK TANK at 0.53.  THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a rerun week up 0.02 to 0.41. CBS:  Back from an off-week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.03 to 0.62, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA grew by 0.08 to 0.52, NCIS jumped 0.12 to 0.55, and […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 14 through Sunday January 20, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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 for the same […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 28 and Sunday September 29, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 5 Top Games on Saturday 4.9 rating CBS 3:30 pm #6 LSU at #9 Georgia 4.1 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of reruns at 0.45/0.37/0.23/0.23/0.25. CBS:  The season finale of SURVIVOR was at 0.99, up 0.08 from last week, but down from 1.6 for the last finale in May 2020.  The SURVIVOR REUNION special was at 0.69. NBC:  Another night of sitcom specials, this time holiday-themed, had YOUNG ROCK at […]

  The broadcast networks aren’t what they used to be, and likely will never be again.  They’re collectively on a train that’s moving in the wrong direction, because the lion’s share of their revenues are based on the number of people who watch the commercials contained in their shows within a short time after initial […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). PREVIOUS FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS FRIDAY CABLE & […]

  The night was dominated by football and its aftereffects, but there were some other (dimmer) bright spots.  Note:  we don’t yet have a rating for the PBS season debut of Downton Abbey. FOX:  Our projection is that the overrun of the NFC WILD CARD PLAYOFF GAME, which pushed the network’s primetime schedule by about […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 boost for AMERICA’S GOT TALENT.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS led the night, down 0.02 from last week to 0.75.  Discovery, back from SHARK WEEK, […]