The NBA playoffs are really starting to lose steam, as the games this weekend were generally about 30% down from last year (or about two full household rating points lower).  The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 25, Sunday May 26 and Monday May […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.69 (Portland vs. Brooklyn)/0.22 (Dallas vs. Phoenix).  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC rose 0.06 to 0.42.  Cable news was led by […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  ABC wins another week, thanks to three NBA Finals games on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.  ABC is down 11% over the same week last year, however, which also featured three NBA Finals games.  NBC continues […]

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the second Thursday of March Madness (the first night of the Regional Semifinals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages, and two games have been added to the TBS average. CBS is now averaging over 6.0 million viewers 2+ for the tournament to date […]

  Another ugly Sunday for the networks.  Collectively, the not-so-big 4 were down 5% from the same night last year. CBS:  Proving again that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, BIG BROTHER has gotten extra attention in the past week because of the racist and homophobic comments made by several contestants in the 24-hours-per-day […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 27 and Sunday July 28, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   After a one-week break, NASCAR roared back to the top of the weekend sports ratings […]

  Don’t get too comfortable with this morning’s numbers.  Per Mitch Metcalf:  “Because of local pre-emptions for NFL preseason games, each network except for FOX should decline in the official nationals.  CBS, NBC and CW should drop about one tenth of a rating point (maybe two tenths).  But ABC will drop the most (down four […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday May 6-7, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Note: a reader asked about including coverage of NWSL soccer on Lifetime Saturday afternoons. The […]