EXCLUSIVELY ON SHOWBUZZDAILY TODAY:  THE SKED’S MONDAY FALL RATINGS FORECAST!   Last night, it was good to have cable.  CBS:  The sole scripted drama on broadcast TV last night was another in the series of Tom Selleck MOWs, JESSE STONE:  BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, which was watched by almost 13 million people, but only […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 20 through Sunday March 26, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year […]

>AMC’s Walking Dead is the new king of the weekly cable ratings chart, with a terrific 4.2 Adult 18-49 rating for Sunday’s season premiere.  Read more on the Walking Dead premiere here.  The rest of the top-rated cable programs are pretty much unchanged.  While Jersey Shore continues its downward trend, the other MTV hit, Teen […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL slipped 0.03 to 0.53, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.05 to 0.30. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.42, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.03 to 0.34.  Reruns followed at 0.21/0.21. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.45, and THAT’S MY JAM was at 0.37. FOX:  9-1-1 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 18 through Sunday February 24, 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 […]

>From time to time, we will check in with the cable networks to see what programs are resonating with the audience.  HBO’s True Blood and History’s Pawn Stars would be considered summer hits on any network.  True Blood is especially impressive since HBO is available in only a small minority of US television homes.  And the […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 20: May 8-14, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

Things are getting more dire for NBC’s comedies. 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 […]