Considering it was the third-worst blowout in Super Bowl history, the early ratings in the 56 markets with local Nielsen meters are very good and in line with the last four years.  National ratings will be available later today.  The 47.6 household rating in the metered markets for last night’s game will translate to a […]

Even exhibition football is football. NBC:  NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL took the night with a 2.9, which is just a taste of what the numbers will be in a few weeks when the real thing returns.  Even a MADDEN NFL pre-show came in 2d place in the 7PM hour, trailing only… football. FOX:  A 2.0 afternoon […]

  NBC:  NBCUniversal wants everyone to know that JURASSIC WORLD is opening Friday, and a 1.2 rating for a run of the 22-year old JURASSIC PARK was an effective way of furthering that.  (PARK will also be running on the company’s cable networks prior to the new release.)  ABC:  After 0.8 for a SHARK TANK […]

  THIS IS US returned bigger than ever. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 16 and Sunday April 17, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Golf PGA: The Heritage (Hilton Head […]

  WICKED CITY became too bad to live. 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 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday June 28 through Sunday July 4, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE ORIGINALS and the SHARK TANK rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With a few exceptions noted in the text, all comparisons are to 2 weeks ago due to the rampant July 4th preemptions last Wednesday.  […]