The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 20 and Sunday September 21, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 3 Sunday 12.2 rating FOX 1 or 4 pm Single (1pm: WAS-PHI DAL-STL MIN-NO […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The special Prince-centric 20/20 went down 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, a post-baseball adjustment for CW lowered both THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and the rerun of the CONTAINMENT pilot by 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had the NBA PLAYOFFS on Friday, […]

  Ratings in key for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Lifetime’s WHITNEY movie dominated Saturday cable at 1.67, and actually the night was stronger for the network than the chart currently indicates, because a pair of post-movie documentary and music specials occupied the #2-3 slots at […]

> Jersey Shore’s reign at the top of the weekly cable chart is over.  The NFL double-header on ESPN’s Monday Night Football saw to that.  The early game started at 7:00 ET and scored a 6.3 demo rating, down from last year’s ESPN opener but still potent.  The later game, featuring a late start time […]

> CBS narrowly won the second Friday of the season with a 1.5 Adult 18-49 rating (each of the three scripted programs was down 0.2 from premiere week), while NBC and FOX followed closely with a 1.4 rating, fueled by lower cost unscripted fare.  Dateline averaged a 1.6 over two hours and peaked at a […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT climbed 0.2 in final numbers to 1.1.  However, the premiere of BOSTON EMS and the reruns of BATTLEBOTS and NCIS: LA each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The top Saturday cable “original” actually doesn’t appear on the chart because technically it was a rerun, but as we’ve been reminded by […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SONGLAND rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LOVE ISLAND and FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On USA, the final season premiere of SUITS was at 0.21, down 0.07 from last July’s premiere and […]

  AGENTS OF SHIELD ended its season with a slight bump. 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 […]