NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for NBC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game and CBS’s NCIS rerun in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL day was dominated by the Auburn vs. Georgia game at 1.24, with the day’s other games […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 21 and Sunday March 22, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 3.60 rating CBS 12:00 pm #11-UCLA vs #14-UAB 6.69 rating CBS 2:30 pm #1-Kentucky […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The last completed episode of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD gained 0.07 to 1.13, and TALKING DEAD was up 0.02 to 0.39.  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT was […]

The networks oh-so-slowly began to climb out of their holiday cave. NBC:  What did PARENTHOOD ever do to justify its treatment by NBC?  The show has been subject to every kind of indignity throughout its run, and last night the network, in a rush to clear the decks of new episodes (to make way for […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  With the NFL game calculated out, both NBC and FOX suffered across-the-board declines that neither network–but especially NBC–couldn’t afford.  So there were new series lows for PARKS & RECREATION (1.1 in both half-hours), SEAN SAVES THE WORLD and THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW (both at pathetic 0.9s), while PARENTHOOD slipped to 1.2.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELOR and the season finale of CELEBRITY APPRENTICE each gained 0.1 in final ratings. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): BETTER CALL SAUL held extremely well in its 2d Monday airing, down just 0.05 to 1.58 to top […]

  A grim night all around. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]

The ratings for last night’s Super Bowl are coming in a little lower than anticipated in terms of average audience (the number of households or viewers watching in an average minute), but the “total audience” (the number that watched all or part of the game) set a new record: 164.1 million people 2 years or […]