Another weak network Friday. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  2 […]

  Nothing on the roster even hit a 1.5 rating. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  THE BACHELORETTE slipped 0.02 to 0.72, and CLAIM TO FAME was up 0.02 to 0.39. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.26/0.24/0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.02 to 0.37, followed by a WEAKEST LINK rerun at 0.30. FOX:  Returning from a rerun week, DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS dropped 0.06 to 0.27, and BEAT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers (on the heels of its 2-year renewal that will bring it to Season 17), as did THE BIG BANG THEORY, while IN THE DARK lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up a tick to 0.57, with the lead-in hour up 0.07 to 0.35.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.44/0.42.  Discovery’s […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 12 through Sunday September 13, 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 comparable weekend last year. NFL: Week 1 […]

After years of suffering through the unsatisfying BCS system, college football fans were treated to a vast improvement: the College Football Playoff system, starting on New Year’s Day 2015 to settle the 2014 NCAA season.  The playoffs started appropriately enough at the Rose Bowl, “The Granddaddy of Them All” and one of the most picturesque […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network simulcast MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, and the broadcast share was 1.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.35/0.23/0.22/0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.24. FOX:  After a LEGO MASTERS special at 0.26, a rerun at 0.18. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.07. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON held at 0.29, REINA DEL SUR gained 0.02 to 0.21, and AMOR Y […]