NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 and the rerun of SUPERSTORE lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The 6PM White House briefing hour led cable news, with Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at 0.70/1.05/6.4M and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.51/0.72/2.7M, and with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 17 through Sunday August 23, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from this morning was a 0.1 increase for the 8PM DANCING WITH THE STARS clip show. TUESDAY CABLE:  The Miami/Indiana NBA PLAYOFFS game on ESPN came within an inch (at 3.2) of matching THE VOICE as the highest rated show on all of television last night.  Almost as impressive […]

  Even a BIG BROTHER lead-in couldn’t help INSTINCT. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.09 to 0.52, THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was steady at 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.02 to 0.33.  BIG SKY lost 0.03 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.71, and THE AMAZING RACE rose 0.13 to 0.48, followed by a rerun at […]

  With SHARK TANK in reruns, nothing on network TV topped a 1.3 rating. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Since we weren’t able to do a full morning post, comparisons are to last Thursday’s finals (or the most-recent new episodes as applicable).  Also, most shows aired a half-hour late in much of a country due to the Presidential address at 8PM ET. ABC:  Airing new episodes for the first […]

  With viewers possibly already in Thanksgiving week prep, the night’s ratings trended downward. 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 […]