>History’s Pawn Stars tops this week’s cable chart, with a 2.0 rating from 10:00-10:30 pm Monday with Adults 18-49.  Usually the 10:30 pm Pawn Stars is slightly higher rated (up a tenth of a rating point or two from 10:00 pm), but this week’s 10:30 episode came in a tenth of a point lower at […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 15: April 3-9, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.08/0.97/0.84, compared to last week’s 0.91/0.83/0.77.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.67/0.51, compared to last week’s 0.68/0.54, and CARTEL CREW […]

> Sports dominated the top of the cable chart again this week, led of course by NFL Monday Night Football with a very good 6.9 Adult 18-49 rating.  TBS had some very good performances in the League Division Series, when the Yankees and Phillies were still in the running and when their respective Series culminated […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  On a season finale night, THE ROOKIE was at 0.51 (up 0.14 from last week and up 0.15 from last season’s finale), THE ROOKIE: FEDS was at 0.32 (up 0.08), and WILL TRENT was at 0.27 (up 0.07).  CBS:  Reruns at 0.29/0.25/0.22. NBC:  NIGHT COURT lost 0.05 to 0.34, LOPEZ VS […]

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). ###

> DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A SOUL OF THE NATION special was at 0.20, followed by a 20/20 rerun at 0.23. CBS:  A run of the movie STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS was at 0.15. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.23. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked down to 0.52. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.06/0.05. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP dropped 0.03 to […]