BROADCAST FINALS ABC: After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.41, the special TIME 100 was at 0.28. It was followed by reruns at 0.20/0.17/0.25. CBS: After a rerun 60 MINUTES at 0.38, THE TONY AWARDS returned for its first real presentation since 2019 (last year was a musical performance special in lieu […]
An off-night for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 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 and […]
>Big time professional sports dominate the top of this week’s cable ratings chart. The NFL Draft turned in an excellent 3.3 rating with Adults 18-49 and nearly 7 million viewers 2+. The Draft finished in third place in the 8:00 half hour on Thursday (behind only Big Bang Theory on CBS with a 4.1 rating […]
NETWORK UPDATE: After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2. At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun dropped 0.2 to 0.5. Also down 0.1 were BIG BROTHER (to 2.0) and the MOM rerun (1.1). CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Tis the season for […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE FLASH, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT all lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games led Tuesday cable at 1.14/0.90., with NBATV’s game at 0.17 On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN dipped […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: SHARK TANK slipped 0.02 to 0.48, and 20/20 was down 0.04 to 0.30. CBS: A pair of GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS specials was at 0.20/0.18. A BLUE BLOODS rerun ended the night at 0.24. NBC: A run of the movie SING (tying in with the sequel’s release this week) was at 0.39, […]
It was American Idol‘s turn to feel the Olympics pain. NBC: See Mitch Metcalf’s SKEDBALL post for details on last night’s Sochi ratings. After an uptick on Tuesday, Wednesday’s WINTER OLYMPICS coverage fell to 5.6, down a full point from the previous day, and also back to being below the last 3 winter games […]
NEW FEATURE: a Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings chart which includes final Total Viewers for each show. We have a limited ability to make revisions to the format (a side-by-side comparison of morning and afternoon ratings isn’t doable, for example), but would appreciate any thoughts and comments. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted […]