DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.55, THE PARENT TEST fell a tenth to 0.35, and THE CHASE was down 0.06 to 0.25. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON dropped 0.07 to 0.58, GHOSTS slipped 0.02 to 0.57, SO HELP ME TODD gained 0.02 to 0.39, and CSI: MIAMI ticked up to 0.32. NBC:  The […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network’s afternoon coverage of the PRO BOWL was at 0.89 (simulcast with ESPN).  Reruns at 0.51/0.44/0.23/0.19. CBS:  After 60 MINUTES at 0.55, the GRAMMY AWARDS were at 2.88, significantly above last year’s 2.24/1.97. NBC:  Reruns at 0.25/0.20/0.18. FOX:  NASCAR at 0.67. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.04/0.05/0.06. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS was […]

        Season finales (some of them) shake things up. NBC:  THE VOICE finale was up almost 40% from last week’s episode, to a 4.3 that handed NBC the night.  The only stumble came from moving FASHION STAR from its usual 10PM slot to 8PM, where instead of taking advantage of the Voice […]

SPECIAL NOTE: Starting this week, the sports rankings will include sporting events with over 100K persons 2+ L+SD and over 90 minutes long. Formerly, the viewer threshold was 200K. Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 27 through Sunday March 5, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks […]

  THE PASSAGE continued downward. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follow […]

  Dancing beats singing. ABC:  The summer isn’t off to a great start, with the hugely-hyped premiere of DUETS–more of a variety show than a competition in its first episode– failing to spark much viewer interest and landing at a 1.7.  That wasn’t far ahead of the reruns on CBS and NBC (and behind Big […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELOR was at 0.63, steady with last week but down an ugly 0.46 from the 2022 finale (which was down 0.40 from 2021). CBS:  A YOUNG & THE RESTLESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY special was at 0.27, followed by reruns at 0.20/0.25. NBC:  THE VOICE dipped 0.04 to […]