NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.7.  In addition, the 8PM MASKED SINGER rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was baseball vs. football at the top of Saturday cable.  Fox Sports 1’s ALCS […]

Last night’s Olympic primetime coverage on NBC averaged a turgid 3.5 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm in the fast nationals.  The 8:00 half hour will almost certainly be excluded from the ratings, as they have on this night for most previous Winter Olympics on NBC.  When that adjustment is made the primetime number will […]

    Say goodnight, broadcast season.   FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL‘s season finale did what the show’s done all season:  win the night convincingly, but at a significantly lower level than it’s ever been before.  The final episode, currently at a preliminary 6.1, will be just around 30% below last year, and FOX will no doubt […]

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 20: May 8-14, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  A night of newsmagazines and reruns. 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 follows the chart. […]

  A year-to-year dip for the DANCING WITH THE STARS season finale. 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 […]

      Sorry for the confusion today. The regular charts are now posted.     NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR and the 9:30PM BLACK-ISH rose 0.1 in final numbers.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games topped Wednesday cable, but the Chicago vs. Boston game (1.76) was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With final numbers in, STATE OF AFFAIRS is now tied for the lead in the 10PM timeslot (albeit at a modest 1.6), because with football simulcasts removed, CASTLE fell 0.3 from this morning’s rating to 1.4.  THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT lost 0.2 to 1.7.  In addition, MIKE & MOLLY gained 0.1. Ratings […]