Viewers continued to check out early on the season last night. ABC:  The season finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS was up a big 0.8 from last week to 2.6–but that was also down a big 0.7 from last season’s finale, for the lowest rated finish in the show’s history.  The night started with […]

  A quiet season finale took the night. 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 […]

  According to published reports, CBS, CW and now FOX have largely concluded their upfront sales of advertising time for the 2013-14 broadcast season.  (“Upfront” meaning sales closed before the season begins, as opposed to the “scatter” market, which sells time during the course of the season–normally networks try to sell 70-80% of their ad […]

  FRIDAY STARZ:  MAGIC CITY regained some older viewers, rising back to 450K in total, but it continues to barely register with 18-49 year-olds, with only about 25% of its audience in that age group, giving the show an 0.1. SYFY:   A stronger night for CONTINUUM than last week, as the show was up 20% […]

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 36: August 31-September 6, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

  Despite a bit of last-minute disruption from the new Royal Baby, the night still belonged to Under the Dome. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME ticked up slightly.  Dome‘s adult 18-49 rating episode track so far: 3.3…2.9…2.7…2.7… preliminary 2.8.  Prior to that, 2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY reruns tied for the non-Dome night’s lead with 1.2s. NBC:  […]

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 38: September 14-20, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

“Say the name of the highest rated program of the week.  Say it.” “Breaking Bad.” “You’re Goddamn right.” AMC’s extraordinary drama Breaking Bad tops the list of broadcast and cable programs for the week.  The first of the final eight episodes of the landmark series scored a 2.9 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday, including viewers […]