Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday January 27-28, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, January 28-29, […]

  NOTE: Thursday fast nationals for all broadcast networks are inflated by a high number of local NFL PRESEASON pre-emptions. ABC pre-emptions include: Washington DC (Ravens), Houston and Cleveland. CBS pre-emptions: New York (Jets), Boston, Dallas and Pittsburgh. NBC pre-emptions: New York (Giants), Philadelphia, Washington DC and Tampa. FOX pre-emptions: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and St Louis. […]

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  The only entertainment America wanted with its turkey last night was football. NBC:  NFL FOOTBALL swamped the night, with what we expect will be a 7.0 rating when numbers are adjusted early next week.  That would be just about even with last year’s Thanksgiving night game. CBS:  The Eye also benefited from football, thanks […]

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 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, adjusted numbers leveled much of the day’s playing field.  HART OF DIXIE and BEAUTY & THE BEAST reverted to last week’s 0.4/0.3 ratings, while at CBS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ended up down 0.1 from last week at 3.0, and 2 BROKE GIRLS dropped 0.1 to 2.5.  MOM was […]

  NOTE:  the CBS line-up aired about 7 minutes late in most of the country, which may lead to adjustments. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The game portion of CBS’s primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 2.0, and ABC’s NBA game rose 0.1 to 0.5.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Saturday cable was all about the NCAA TOURNAMENT and animation.  Honors for the top-rated […]