SATURDAY AMC:  HELL ON WHEELS held well in total viewers at 2M, but they got a lot older, as the show’s 18-49 rating fell from 0.5 to 0.3.  That makes almost 80% of its viewers over 50, not exactly the most advertiser friendly audience.  Still, if these numbers can hold, the show is still […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 6 adjusted to 6.0, down 0.6 from 2016’s Game 6.  Elsewhere, THE MIDDLE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT […]

  Say what you will about NBC, but no one right now can touch its Monday night. NBC:  Remarkably, the network made a last-minute decision to preempt last night’s Revolution (which featured a bombing storyline) in favor of a NBC News Special about the Boston Marathon bombings–and the news special did a 3.1, almost a […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Because of the many NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Thursday’s finals rather than this morning’s preliminary numbers.  ABC:  after an 0.5 BEYOND THE TANK rerun (down 0.3 from last week’s), the season finale of MISTRESSES was down 0.2up 0.1 to 0.6, and the season finale of ROOKIE BLUE was up 0.2 to 0.7.  CBS:  […]

  Aside from NBC’s primetime game, both CBS and FOX had afternoon NFL overruns that slid their schedules in part of the country, so many of the numbers below will be adjusted tomorrow. 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), […]

  NOTE:  ALL RATINGS INCLUDE APPLICABLE ADJUSTMENTS. ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELOR was at 2.8, up 0.4 from last week but down half a point from last year’s finale.  The AFTER THE FINAL ROSE post-show was at 2.7. NBC:  THE VOICE held very well against the increased competition on ABC, down just 0.1 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday February 18-19, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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, February 20-21, […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained a bit of ground with an extra 0.1 in adjusted numbers, although it was still slightly behind THE BLACKLIST in total viewers (11.24M vs 11.19M).  Also up 0.1:  DANCING WITH THE STARS and BONES.  The CBS reruns shifted as well, up 0.1 for THE BIG BANG THEORY and down […]