The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. NBA Playoffs […]

  Basketball under the tree. 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 follows the chart. […]

> NEW SHOWS in Caps.  New Time Periods in Italics. WHAT WE LIKE:  It looks like another strong schedule from #1 Fox (and very close to our predicted schedule — more on that later).  Fox is very confident in its comedy development and is using strong assets like Glee and X Factor to launch new […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PRESS YOUR LUCK lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As was the case on Tuesday, CNN’s DEMOCRATIC DEBATE easily led Wednesday cable, and the 1.92/2.51/10.7M for the main part of the […]

> A seemingly atypical night turned out to be fairly typical after all. ABC:  The network preempted its entire line-up for the CMA AWARDS, and did very well, with a preliminary 4.8 that was up a tick from last year’s ceremony (and up in every half-hour from the night’s usual line-up except for MODERN FAMILY‘s […]

  The OLYMPICS had a marquee night, but remained at a low. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE RAW was at 0.73/0.71/0.68 compared to last week’s 0.87/0.82/0.68, and BRIARPATCH was at 0.20 in its new timeslot, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MAN WITH A PLAN and the YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was led again by Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER (that […]