NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, ABC’s numbers dropped after NFL adjustment, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT by 0.1 and 2017 IN MEMORIAM by 0.2.  Elsewhere, POPSTAR’S BEST OF 2017 lost 0.1, making for a dismal 0.1/0.1 night at CW.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.31/0.20. CBS:  The afternoon NFL PLAYOFFS game was at 7.55, but wasn’t a direct lead-in to 60 MINUTES, which fell 0.79 to 0.48.  EAST NEW YORK dropped 0.11 to 0.41, and NCIS: LA was down 0.03 to 0.34. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 7.33, up 1.57 from last […]

>Friday patterns are really set in stone.  CBS won another Friday with a 1.6 rating (same as last week) with three pricey scripted dramas:  A Gifted Man (1.3 rating, up 0.1 from last week), CSI: NY (1.7, up 0.1) and Blue Bloods (1.7, down 0.2). FOX was #2 on the night with a 1.3 rating (down […]

  STAR had a solid if unstellar start. 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 […]

30 Rock sinks like a stone. NBC:  Yes, things could get worse for NBC’s Thursday.  30 ROCK, making its final season debut, kicked off with a dreadful 1.3, down in every measurable respect (last season’s premiere, last season’s finale, last season’s average, Community‘s premiere last season in that timeslot).  That being the case, you almost […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK returned from a rerun week at 0.57, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID was back from an off-week at 0.46.  An AMANDA GORMAN special was at 0.22. CBS:  BIG BROTHER lost 0.05 to 0.86, and 2 episodes of HOUSE CALLS (including the season finale) were at 0.20/0.15 compared to last […]

  The first big volleys of the Fall TV season were… inconclusive. NBC:  The network would be delighted if MYSTERIES OF LAURA could duplicate last night’s 2.1 rating when it airs in its regular timeslot.  On the face of it, the show did a solid job of retaining its 2.3 lead-in from the season finale […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday December 31, 2016 and Sunday January 1, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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 […]