FRIDAY STARZ:  The season finale of DA VINCI’S DEMONS didn’t suggest much enthusiasm for Season 2, with a 0.1 rating in the 18-49 demo and less than 400K total viewers on its initial airing.  It didn’t earn a particularly young audience, either, with about 60% of its viewers over 50. SYFY:  CONTINUUM had an […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The changes weren’t enough to make a significant difference, but the entire ABC line-up adjusted up in final ratings, SELFIE and MANHATTAN LOVE STORY each by 0.2 (leaving them at 1.6/1.5), and AGENTS OF SHIELD and FOREVER by 0.1 (1.8/1.4).  In addition, NEW GIRL and THE VOICE each gained 0.1, while CHICAGO […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.8.  In addition, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW gained 0.1 in final numbers, but SUPERNATURAL, THE GREAT INDOORS and THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW fell the same.   Except with respect to some programming on HGTV, Food Network and POP, all cable comparisons are to 2 weeks […]

  COLLEGE FOOTBALL had the lead. 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 follows the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was entirely dominated by news, and and is often the case when the story is of general interest, CNN was on top with CNN […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CROSSBONES couldn’t hold its preliminary number, and slipped 0.1 to a 1.0 premiere.  WHAT WOULD YOU DO went up 0.1 to 1.2, and the SHARK TANK rerun was likewise up to 1.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  There was nothing going on but sports and comedy reruns.  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated at 2.7, with […]

  GREY’S ANATOMY made history and won the night. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 29-30, 2017.  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, July 30-31, […]