Tuesday fast national ratings:
Thursday night’s Winter Olympic coverage from Sochi averaged a 5.9 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals from 8-11 pm on NBC. This is down one tenth from last Thursday’s first-ever Opening Ceremony-eve coverage (a 6.0 rating when no medals where at stake). Also, last night’s coverage was slightly behind the the same night in […]
NOTE: All ratings below distorted by 9 NFL Preseason games in 18 major markets. ABC, NBC and FOX ratings inflated by major local pre-emptions. The CBS ratings are below are unreliable. Viewing in Los Angeles (from 5-8 pm PT) is not included in the fast nationals and will added to the official ratings for Saturday […]
AMERICAN IDOL used to be the school bully; now it cringes in the network equivalent of the assistant principal’s office. FOX announced today that as of March 13, Idol is fleeing its Big Bang Theory competition and shifting to 9PM on Thursdays, where on March 27 (as previously announced) it will shrink to half […]
NETWORK UPDATE: A very strong night for CBS. The NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun adjusted up by 0.1 to 4.8, and then 60 MINUTES went up 0.3 to 2.8. THE GOOD WIFE was up 0.1 to 1.8, and since THE AMAZING RACE stayed even in the previous hour, the GOOD WIFE bump can’t be attributed to the […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NBA: Playoffs 1.9 rating ESPN 12:30 pm Saturday Brooklyn Nets at Toronto Raptors Game 1 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: SURVIVOR increased by 0.1 from this morning’s numbers (the CSI rerun lost 0.1). On ABC, both the SUBURGATORY finale and MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1. On NBC, both REVOLUTION and SVU were up 0.1, but CHICAGO PD fell 0.1. The ARROW finale rose 0.1, tying it with last season’s finale. WEDNESDAY CABLE: The […]
NETWORK UPDATE: NBC didn’t get the bump from adjusted ratings that it had hoped for, as Game 1 of the NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS rose only to 1.9 in final numbers, leaving it 0.6 below last year’s Game 1. Elsewhere, most of the ABC line-up gained 0.1, including MOTIVE, and although THE 100 stayed […]