Monday ratings last night, last year and last week: NBC debuted Million Second Quiz to a 1.7 adult 18-49 rating last night, close to what American Ninja Warrior had been doing in the hour the past few weeks.  The show declined slightly from a 1.7 in the 8:00 half hour to a 1.6 at 8:30.  […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 6 Top Games on Saturday 4.6 rating ABC 8:00 pm #4 Ohio State […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 26 and Sunday October 27, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 9 Top Games on Saturday 2.81 rating 7:00 ESPN #12 UCLA at #3 […]

  AMC:  THE WALKING DEAD, of course, chomped on everything but Sunday Night Football, with a 6.0 in 18-49s rating that was down 0.2 from last week.  (The 11PM re-airing added another 1.0.)  TALKING DEAD remained steady at 2.2. SHOWTIME:  HOMELAND is perplexing many of its fans this season, but its ratings remained even with […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 14 and Sunday December 15, 2013. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   College Football Week 16 4.2 rating CBS 3:00 Army vs Navy 2.7 rating ESPN 8:00 […]

  Tina and Amy remained solid for the Golden Globes. NBC:  In time zone-adjusted numbers, the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS scored a 6.5, up 0.1 from last year’s edition.  It was preceded by 2.8 for the ARRIVALS SPECIAL. CBS:  The Globes were big, but they couldn’t touch the overrun from the day’s Denver/San Diego NFL PLAYOFFS.  […]

  The last pre-Olympics night for a while. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL reached Hollywood and leveled out, up 0.1 from last week to 3.9. ABC:  THE MIDDLE dropped 0.1 to 2.2, and SUBURGATORY was down 0.1 to 1.7 from its last airing after a new Middle, although up 0.2 from last week when it followed a […]

  Everyone knows that the shine of a post-Olympics “preview” berth doesn’t last long–just ask 2012’s Go On and Animal Practice.  But it’s at least supposed to provide a new show with a strong sampling.  Ironically, last night’s WINTER OLYMPICS ratings were so disastrous (2.6 in preliminary numbers–see Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for details)  that ABOUT A […]