Welcome to summer TV.  Collectively, the broadcast networks declined 22% from the same night last year. NBC:  The network can’t get rid of the awful SAVE ME fast enough, as NBC is double-pumping it on Thursdays to make the pain pass quicker.  It debuted last night with twin 0.7 ratings, the same as the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a rerun week, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.02 to 0.51, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.19 to 0.43, SUPERMARKET SWEEP was also down 0.19 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE lost 0.08 to 0.32. CBS:  The AFC Divisional NFL PLAYOFFS game was gigantic at 11.37, a strong enough lead-in […]

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). ###

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.77.  CW premiered its Saturday line-up with MAGIC WITH THE STARS at 0.05 and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS at 0.07/0.06.  Univision’s LIGA match was at 0.71.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS led […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 16 and Sunday January 17, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL schedule weekend or the same calendar weekend last year. NFL: […]

>American Idol keeps falling, but the FOX singing competition series remains ahead of The Voice each week and continues to win Wednesday nights for FOX.  NBC premiered Betty White’s Off Their Rockers in its regular time period.  Usually a 1.8 rating is nothing to celebrate, but the hidden camera show was the highest-rated show on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING and the BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8:30PM YOUNG SHELDON rerun and the MOM rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On another night dominated by news, Fox News’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for MONDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR both dropped 0.2, and the reruns of ALL AMERICAN and BLACK LIGHTNING were both down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s HIS DARK MATERIALS […]