NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 3.6 from the hourly preliminary numbers.  In addition, ABC’s telecast of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS fell 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we sometimes need to note, many cable networks treat their theatrical movie presentations […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.3/1.1/1.9 from the initial 1.7/1.5/1.6.  Elsewhere, SLEEPY HOLLOW gained a much-needed 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun VAMPIRE DIARIES lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT Sweet 16 coverage took […]

  A generally foul Easter Sunday for all the networks. 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 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27, 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. NBA n/a College Basketball NCAA […]

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). ###

  SLEEPY HOLLOW may be slipping into a coma. 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 […]

Updated March Madness through the first night of the Sweet 16 round and with the CBS afternoon games from last Thursday-Sunday.  Both CBS and TBS now down a few percentage point from the last few years in total viewers, with TNT and TRUtv down double-digit percentages.  The tournament audience across all four networks is down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.5 for the Miami vs. Villanova game and 2.3 for Kansas vs. Maryland.  In addition, GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE BLACKLIST lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]