Note: Local broadcast coverage of the ESPN NFL Monday Night Football doubleheader impacted the fast-affiliate nationals below. ABC numbers are inflated slightly by local pre-emptions in Houston for the early game and San Francisco-Oakland for the late game. NBC numbers inflated slightly by a pre-emption in New Orleans for the early game. In Denver, the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 2.7 in final numbers, and FOX’s game adjusted to 1.0.  In addition, the 9PM 48 HOURS gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s US OPEN coverage and its morning COLLEGE GAMEDAY show […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.5, the same rating as last year’s season premiere.  As expected, there were major adjustments at FOX, where a rerun of THE SIMPSONS fell from 3.8 to 1.1, the 8:30PM LAST MAN STANDING rerun dropped from 1.2 to 0.6, and the FAMILY GUY […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 2 through Sunday September 8, 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:  The entire CW line-up dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports topped Friday cable, with ESPN2’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 0.37, ESPN’s US OPEN coverage at 0.29, and TUDN’s soccer match at 0.28.  We’s LOVE AFTER LOCKUP […]

  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL gave a jolt to Sunday TV. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.1, up 0.4 from 2018’s kick-off game.  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SPIN THE WHEEL and ABC’s run of THE LEGO MOVIE lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]