NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, after baseball adjustments, the CW reruns fell to 0.2/0.1.  In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (up) and WORLD OF DANCE (down) swapped 0.1s, and BEAT SHAZAM gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   Freeform’s THE BOLD […]

    REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage (aka The Melania & Michelle Show) was moderate and in line with 2012, although comparisons aren’t exactly even because the parallel night that year also included heavy coverage of a hurricane.  NBC’s 1.1 topped ABC’s 0.7 and CBS’s 0.5. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was on top of Wednesday cable at 1.80.  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE grew by 0.08 to 1.00.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH […]

> People will watch anything over an episode of CHUCK. NBC:  Facing nothing but repeats, a new Chuck could do no better than 4th place in its hour with a sad 0.8.  The GRIMM repeat did half the rating of the CSI MIAMI repeat at 9, but a new DATELINE did manage to win the […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  Due to our upcoming Sundance Film Festival coverage, ratings posts for the rest of this week will likely be limited to charts without text.  In addition, we may not be able to respond to individual ratings requests in the Comments.  (But Sundance reviews!) NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments at all […]

  The Olympics pushed American Idol below a milestone. NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for details about the ratings track for the WINTER OLYMPICS.  Last night’s preliminary 5.9 was up 0.3 from Wednesday, but below the comparable night at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 games, and only the Opening Ceremony and Tuesday’s telecast are […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 12 and Sunday April 13, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   PGA Golf: The Masters “Hello, Friends…” 4.4 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-30% […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 11 through Sunday January 17, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]