Live events remain one of the last bastions of network TV. ABC:  Despite facing a monster football game, the AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were up a full 1.1 over last year’s edition to 4.5, towering over the numbers ABC has gotten with regular programming this fall. NBC:  There was never any doubt that the Tom […]

  Not even a big college football game got viewers excited last night. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for both components of THE BACHELOR finale and AMERICA’S MOST WANTED.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.59/0.56/0.53 compared to last week’s 0.58/0.55/0.53.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE returned to Tuesday, up 0.04 to 0.69.  QUEENS fell a tenth from last week to 0.24. CBS:  FBI climbed 0.13 to 0.75, and FBI: MOST WANTED (airing in the 9PM slot) jumped 0.19 to 0.69, followed by a rerun at 0.37. NBC:  The network again aired preview episodes of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps in final numbers for THE GOLDBERGS, both hours of THE AMAZING RACE, CHICAGO FIRE, and THE MASKED SINGER.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN listed its NBA DRAFT ratings in segments at 1.10/0.67/0.39.  Cable news was […]

  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game, featuring Stanford vs. Notre Dame (1.8) topped ABC’s with Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State (1.4) in preliminary ratings.  CBS preceded 48 HOURS (0.8) with a trio of holiday reruns:  FROSTY THE SNOWMAN at 1.4, FROSTY RETURNS at 1.2, and THE STORY OF SANTA CLAUS at 0.9.  On NBC, a 2-hour DATELINE […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 4 through Sunday March 10, 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 […]

  Step up, one and all, for the death-defying showdown of… 2 newsmagazines? ABC:  On another deadly summer Friday, 20/20 beat Dateline with a 1.3 as the only original programming aired by any broadcast network for the night.  A SHARK TANK rerun also won the 8PM hour. NBC:  DATELINE was right behind 20/20, but the […]