A modest gain for GAME ON. 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 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 8 through Sunday July 14, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The FOSTER FARMS BOWL stayed at 0.7 after adjustment, and the CAROL BURNETT 50TH ANNIVERSARY special gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Wednesday cable, with ESPN’s tripleheader of bowl games at 0.96/0.92/0.57.  VH1’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.20/0.22/0.19/0.20. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was steady at 0.81, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.07 to 0.40, followed by a SWAT rerun at 0.24. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.05 to 0.57.  Reruns followed at 0.32/0.26. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was up 0.02 to 0.41. CW:  STARGIRL ticked up to 0.08, followed […]

  It’s entirely possible that SEAN SAVES THE WORLD will never again hit the 1.4 rating it had last night (at least not unless NBC gives it The Voice as a lead-in again), so the network seized the opportunity of a less-horrible rating to announce a reduced back-order of 5 additional episodes.  As with the […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The NCAA TOURNAMENT was predictably at the top of Saturday’s cable ratings, with TBS scoring 4.89 with the Kentucky vs. Notre Dame game, and 2.63 for Wisconsin vs. Arizona.  Nothing else was remotely close, but […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for the rerun of SHARK TANK.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Saturday cable at 0.33/0.33.  The network’s continuing NFL DRAFT coverage was at 0.32, and NFL Network’s […]

  Welcome back, AQUARIUS. 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 follow the chart. ABC:  […]