Thursday ratings. The broadcast networks totaled a 3.4 rating with adults 18-49 last night, almost exactly the 3.3 rating from Independence Day 2012 (on a Wednesday night). NBC won the little-viewed night and was up 13% from July 4 last year. Although Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular was higher rated last year (1.8 rating […]
>CBS took the night off last night, handing FOX a Tuesday victory. FOX is finally getting its original episodes going in anticipation of tonight and tomorrow’s American Idol return. Otherwise, the night was extremely quiet. Tuesday is night begging for some rebuilding — too many 2-rated shows (or lower) taking up space. […]
Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 11 through Sunday March 17, 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 […]
NETWORK FINALS: Now that we have final ratings for CBS, let’s take a look at how the line-up fared. THE BIG BANG THEORY, at 2.7, was down 0.7 from its Thursday premiere last fall, a 20% drop. YOUNG SHELDON held its lead-in well at 2.2, which was higher than the 1.9 […]
BROADCAST FINALS: ABC: THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.15 to 0.55, THE WONDER YEARS similarly fell 0.17 to 0.50, THE CONNERS lost 0.14 to 0.51, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.05 to 0.36. A MILLION LITTLE THINGS reversed the trend, up 0.02 to 0.31. CBS: SURVIVOR dipped 0.06 to 1.00, and the season finale of BIG […]
Note that ABC’s line-up followed afternoon coverage of an NFL Playoffs game, which may have inflated its primetime ratings. 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 […]
Hardly anyone was interested in network TV on the Sunday of holiday weekend. 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: GRIMM lost 0.1 in final Friday ratings. WORLD SERIES GAME 3 adjusted up to 3.1 from its 2.5 preliminary rating. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable again, down a single hundredth to 1.17 […]