The mostly-scripted summer Thursday scheme isn’t working out well for anyone. 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). […]

  Some modest declines. Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Accurate program ratings will […]

  ONCE UPON A TIME had a rude welcome to Fridays. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NASCAR 4.1 rating FOX 3:15 pm Sunday Las Vegas 400 (-7% from 4.4 last year) […]

    BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP dipped 0.04 from Thursday to 0.56, and 20/20 was up 0.07 to 0.50. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION was at 0.42, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 59% from the parallel night in 2018. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The cable day was all about COLLEGE FOOTBALL as well, with ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY beating all the actual games at 0.74, and the network’s noon game […]

CBS takes a hit. CBS:  The only good news of the night was that HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER held steady at 3.4 (although the episode itself was another “running in place” half-hour, as the show continues to put off reaching its conclusion next season).  After that, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT fell 0.3 to 2.6, and […]