UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS excluded the 8PM half-hour (no commercials) and by that means was able to adjust up to 5.0 for the rest of primetime. TUESDAY CABLE:  TEEN MOM (MTV) led the night with 1.4, up 0.1 from last week.  BEING MARY JANE (BET) was likewise up 0.1 to 1.3, tied for 2d place […]

Day 7 of the World Cup (Wednesday) turned in mediocre ratings on ESPN by 2014 standards (2.3 to 3.2 million viewers for the three matches, on the bottom half of the ranking chart).  But the 2:30 and 5:30 matches yesterday would still be above the 2010 ESPN average for Group Stage (early round) matches, while […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 20 and Sunday September 21, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 3 Sunday 12.2 rating FOX 1 or 4 pm Single (1pm: WAS-PHI DAL-STL MIN-NO […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 25 and Sunday July 26, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Golf RBC […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 23 and Sunday January 24, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL schedule weekend or the same calendar weekend last year. NFL: […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 16-17, 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, July […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday December 31, 2016 and Sunday January 1, 2017.  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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday May 27-28, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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, May 28-29, […]