NBC eked out a narrow victory Tuesday, averaging a 2.3 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time.  America’s Got Talent returned to the air with a 2.7 rating from 8-10 pm, exactly where it was on July 24, the last Tuesday telecast before the Olympics.   This time last summer (Tuesday, August 16, 2011) AGT scored a 2.9 rating. […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday August 13-14, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size.   For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, August […]

For NBC, the preseason was nice while it lasted. NBC:  The network launched its Thursday line-up last night against little or no competition from 2 of the other networks…. and fell off a cliff.  THE OFFICE, the last remnant of “must see TV,” tied its lowest-rated airing ever at 2.1, which was down a ghastly […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 27 through Sunday February 2, 2020.  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 […]

With two weeks of the new season under our belts (11 nights of official ratings and 3 nights of adjusted fast national ratings), here is how the season stands for the four major networks:   Thanks to The Voice moving into the fall this year, NBC is the only network to show growth through the first four […]

Not a lot of support for scripted programming. ABC:  The Alphabet took the night, winning each hour with its unscripted trio of SHARK TANK (2.0, the highest rated show of the night), PRIMETIME (1.6) and 20/20 (1.4). CBS:  Some of last week’s bump from the elimination of Made In Jersey dissipated, and after a 0.8 […]

NOTE: NBC has the early lead in Super Tuesday election coverage, but ABC, CBS and NBC numbers below are all subject to revision because of the unusual broadcast pattern (live to all time zones). 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 […]

  Halloween is traditionally not a great night for network TV, especially on the younger-skewing side, brecause viewers have other plans.  Last night was no exception. ABC:  With all the promos for NASHVILLE, THE CMA AWARDS and MALIBU COUNTRY that aired last night, viewers could be forgiven for wondering if they’d mistakenly tuned in to TNN.  It didn’t benefit Nashville any, […]