BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing for the first time since April 14, SHARK TANK gained 0.04 to 0.37, and 20/20 was up 0.02 to 0.29. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, the now-canceled SWAT dropped 0.09 to 0.30, FIRE COUNTRY was also down 0.09 to 0.32, and BLUE BLOODS was steady at 0.30. NBC:  After […]

  CBS’s last-minute substitution paid off. 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 follows the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.54, down 0.09 from last year’s Game 1. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.27/0.19/0.19. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST moved into its endgame position with a shift to Thursdays, where its episodes were at 0.24/0.20 compared to Sunday’s 0.19.  A rerun followed at 0.16. FOX:  Reruns at […]

  A Duke nail-biter gave a big boost to CBS. 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). […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend last […]

NBC dominated the broadcast networks on the first Monday of the summer season with a 1.9 rating from 8-11 pm, although NBC will come in behind ESPN which aired Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat (that rating to be released later today along with the other cable […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s USFL game was at 0.14.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.33.  On CW, TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was at 0.03/0.02 compared to last week’s 0.02/0.02.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE WORLD SERIES game was at 0.55, and UFC PRELIMS was at 0.21.  Fox Sports […]

>CBS led the way Saturday night with a preliminary 5.0 Adults 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm ET.  The end of the Louisville-Kentucky game peaked at a 5.8 rating from 8:00-8:30 pm (though some of that rating contains viewing on the west coast to the thrilling end of the second game).  CBS drifted down to a […]