What a difference a year makes:  on the same Sunday night last year, NBC averaged an 11.6 rating with adults 18-49 in prime time for the second night of competition at the London Summer Olympic Games, and the four broadcast networks added up to a 14.4 rating.  Last night, the networks combined for a […]

>A very good night for network television last night as three of four broadcast networks were up substantially over this night last year.  NBC averaged a 6.7 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals Sunday night, and we are giving that a preliminary official national adjustment up to a 7.5 rating (well over the 6.0 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE adjusted up 0.2 to 1.7 in finals, while 48 HOURS lost 0.1.  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.2 to 1.9, while FOX’s stayed put at 0.5.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, Saturday cable was again the land of COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s annual showing of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS was at 0.27/0.32 compared to last year’s 0.33.  CBS’s Final Four NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 2.57/3.08 (last year they were simulcast on TBS/TNT/Tru for a combined 4.78/2.94).  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE returned with a new episode at 0.73.  FOX’s MLS match was at 0.10.     […]

> FRINGE needs another timeline. FOX: FRINGE fell back to a 1.0, which looks even worse because Grimm was up this week, making last week’s tie a dim memory. Still, these aren’t very different from the numbers that got the show renewed last season, so it’s not dead yet. THE FINDER, on the other hand, […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday March 3-4, 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, March 4-5, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were plenty of adjustments at CBS due to the THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcasts. Although THE BIG BANG THEORY kept its morning rating, THE GREAT INDOORS, MOM and LIFE IN PIECES all dropped 0.1, and things got ugly for PURE GENIUS, which fell 0.2 to a dismal premiere […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The CW line-up, which may have been inflated by local sports preemption, dropped across the board, with the MASTERS OF ILLUSION special down 0.1, and the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns down to 0.2/0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE […]