The nightly averages below do not include the Presidential Debate from 9:00-10:30 pm ET — since it ran commercial-free (or “sustaining”) those 90 minutes will make it into the nightly, weekly or season averages. FOX scored a 3.4 in the preliminary fast nationals for X Factor, and a 2.8 for its Fox News coverage of the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.35. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION dropped 0.05 to 0.18, followed by reruns at 0.19/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.24. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN was down 0.05 to 0.44. CW:  After a KILLER CAMP rerun at 0.03, DYNASTY was down 0.02 to 0.02. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP was at 0.19, AMOR VALIENTE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.6, down 0.4 from last week’s final number.  Elsewhere, GREY’S ANATOMY, GOTHAM and WILL & GRACE each gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS game took the Thursday cable crown at […]

  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT came roaring back. 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 […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 2 through Sunday December 8, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Little excitement in the final numbers.  THE VOICE gained 0.1 for a 4.0 total, still substantially below last year’s fall finale.  On CBS, NCIS and PERSON OF INTEREST also both added 0.1, and a couple of the night’s reruns likewise fluctuated by a single tenth. TUESDAY CABLE:  A quiet night on cable […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY gained 0.02 to 0.40, THE CHASE ticked down to 0.35, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was down 0.02 to 0.21. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.30/0.31. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rose 0.09 to 0.73, and DANCING WITH MYSELF was up 0.09 to 0.39. FOX:  Reruns at 0.18/0.11. CW:  After a rerun […]

  LAST MAN STANDING hit a low. 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 […]