Last night’s Winter Olympic coverage from Sochi on NBC averaged a preliminary 6.4 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm. Events last night included: Women’s Super Combined, Men’s Moguls, and Men’s 1500m Short Track.  If NBC excludes the 8:00 half hour (if it held national commercials until 8:30 pm), the nightly rating will be a 6.6 adult […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 5 and Sunday July 6, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Soccer: FIFA World Cup: The Knockout Round Continues (Quarterfinals) Friday 3.3 rating ESPN2 11:30 am […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s Notre Dame vs. Texas game adjusted up 0.3 to 3.3 in final numbers (however, the FALL PREVIEW informercial that started the night fell 0.2 to 0.9) and NBC’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 to 0.9.  BIG BROTHER also rose 0.1 to 1.4.          Broadcast Official Nationals […]

Saturday and Sunday results for ESPN added to the table below.  ABC’s Sunday results to come later this week. If you are looking for an earlier match not listed in today’s Top 10, please visit previous versions of WORLD CUP SKEDBALL. And at the end of the Group Stage round, we will publish the entire […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The SHARK TANK season finale rose 0.1 in final numbers.  All else remained as reported below. FRIDAY CABLE:  With no NBA Playoffs on tap, it was a quiet night, dominated by comedy reruns.  The only sizable numbers were WWE (Syfy) at 0.7 and SONS OF GUNS (Discovery) at 0.6, both steady with […]

  Another NBC vs CBS showdown–but this one goes the other way. CBS:  Two-thirds of a remarkable night.  The back-to-back episodes of THE BIG BANG THEORY that served as its Season 7 premiere were spectacular at 5.3/5.8, not just the highest network scores of the week (barring football), but up from last year’s 5.0 for […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 4 through Sunday January 10, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.4, up 0.8 from last week’s game.  In addition, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PANDORA lost the same, putting it at zero (more precisely 0.04).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]