NETWORK FINALS:  48 HOURS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s original movie THE CLARK SISTERS led Saturday cable at 0.70.  A&E’s LIVE PD bounced back to 0.56, up 0.22 from last week’s SPECIAL EDITION episode, and the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE, THE HUSTLER, YOUNG SHELDON, B POSITIVE, and MR MAYOR.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.42/0.34.  Beyond that, the cable Top 10 was […]

> The lows keep coming. ABC:  MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and REVENGE all set or tied season lows last night, and the only reason DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 didn’t was because it had aired the previous week after a Modern Family rerun.  The 8PM hour, in particular, is starting to look […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 6-7, 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, October 7-8, […]

>Another close battle for first place Tuesday night between FOX and NBC.  Last week NBC beat FOX by one tenth of a rating point.  This week, FOX is ahead by one tenth on Tuesday night in the fast nationals, but adjustments to the official nationals could turn it into a tie.  ABC got some good […]

  Both of the night’s newcomers held well. 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). Ratings analysis […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NFL WILD CARD GAME adjusted up in final numbers to 8.8. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s first-ever NFL WILD CARD GAME on Saturday afternoon swamped the rest of cable at 6.95, and the network also had […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game remained at 1.9 in final numbers, while FOX’s stayed at 0.5.  Elsewhere, the final hour of AQUARIUS gained 0.1 to a still-dismal 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As will mostly be the case every Saturday until […]