>The return of Dancing to Tuesday brought ABC back above a 2 rating and into second place, but far below the lofty 3.4 rating the network scored on this night a year ago.  Steady as always, CBS held on to first place for the night.  Dancing‘s recap and results shows did damage NBC, which sunk […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Even with the night’s football simulcast removed from the CBS ratings, THE BIG BANG THEORY managed to go up by 0.1 in final numbers to 4.3.  However, the rest of the network’s schedule crashed, as MOM fell 0.3 to 2.3, 2 1/2 MEN by 0.2 to 2.1, THE MCCARTHYS by 0.2 to […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 16 through Sunday September 22, 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE and the rerun of TO TELL THE TRUTH swapped 0.1 in final numbers, with BACHELOR up and TRUTH down.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was again on top of Monday cable at 1.17/1.16/1.15, […]

  NOTE:  Due to last week’s Presidential Address, comparisons are to the most recent original episodes. 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 […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  CW’s reruns of THE FLASH and HOOTEN & THE LADY were preempted by baseball in NY, and both lost 0.1 in final numbers; however, it’s noteworthy that despite the adjustment, the HOOTEN rerun had the same rating as last week’s premiere. In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The last time AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS aired 2 weeks ago, it had an NFL Playoffs game as lead-in, so the 0.17 drop to 0.49 has an explanation.  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.03 to 0.77, and the season finale of THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was steady at 0.25. CBS:  60 MINUTES climbed […]

Another night with little for the networks to cheer about. ABC:  The first 90 minutes of the night provided some good news, as THE MIDDLE rebounded a bit from last week’s low to 2.2 (up 0.3), THE NEIGHBORS was up 0.2 to 1.9 and MODERN FAMILY rose a tick to 3.9.  But the tick went […]