ABC won another night with the NBA Finals.  Game 3 (Miami beating Oklahoma City and taking a 2-1 lead in the series) averaged a 5.6 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm, although that number will rise to a 7 or more when the official nationals are released tomorrow morning.  For the entire evening (including […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE adjusted up 0.2 to 1.7 in finals, while 48 HOURS lost 0.1.  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.2 to 1.9, while FOX’s stayed put at 0.5.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, Saturday cable was again the land of COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 17 and Sunday January 18, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Conference Championships Sunday 29.1 rating FOX 3:00 pm Green Bay at Seattle 23.5 rating CBS […]

> If you’re NBC and you have exactly one hit show, what do you want?  More of it. Beginning the week of April 2, THE VOICE will air on both Mondays and Tuesdays, with live performance shows 8-10PM on Mondays and eliminations 9-10PM on Tuesdays.  It’ll therefore be airing against both weekly installments of Dancing […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 4 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.31, almost identical with last Wednesday’s Game 1. CBS:  Reruns at 0.43/0.44/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.33/0.34. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was steady at 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was down 0.03 to 0.28. CW:  THE FLASH gained 0.03 to 0.11, and […]

  A dip for the BACHELORETTE finale. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and OPRAH WITH HARRY & MEGHAN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s coverage of the NBA ALL-STAR GAME was down 0.67 from the 2020 edition to 1.93, […]

  A holiday visitor livened things up. 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 […]