NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES, CHICAGO JUSTICE and MADAM SECRETARY gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Showtime, the HOMELAND season finale had a healthy 0.18 jump to 0.62 (probably helped by the lack of WALKING DEAD competition), and […]

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that SUPER SCHOOL LIVE, which aired on all the networks except CW in the 8PM hour, wasn’t rated by Nielsen in nationals because it aired without commercials.  Elsewhere, 20/20 and the reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, BEAT SHAZAM and BLUE BLOODS lost 0.1 in final numbers.     […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of THE WORLD SERIES adjusted up a full point to 3.9 (a much higher adjustment than 2016’s Game 1, possibly because LA is boosting west coast viewing this year), but that’s still down 1.7 from last year’s first game.  Elsewhere, THIS IS US, FRESH OFF THE BOAT […]

  GREY’S ANATOMY fans got the message. 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), 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 comparisons follow […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CMA AWARDS held at 2.1 in final numbers, putting it down 1.1 from 2017.  All the other morning ratings remained unchanged as well.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Lakers vs. Portland NBA game led Wednesday cable at 0.96, […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, football adjustment took some of the wind out of CBS’s morning sails, but not for THE BIG BANG THEORY, which held its full 4.1 rating.  As for the rest:  LIFE IN PIECES lost 0.3, MOM and ELEMENTARY fell 0.2, and 2 BROKE GIRLS was down 0.1.  There were no […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 1.98 rating ABC 8:30 […]