Now through the Second Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday, CBS and TBS are up marginally versus the prior three years in total viewers 2+ and adults 18-49, while TNT and TRUtv are down significantly.  Across all four television partners, the March Madness ratings through Sunday are down a fairly reasonable -4% […]

Through Friday (the second and final day of the Round of 64), the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament turned positive for CBS versus the past three years (up +10% in total viewers 2+ and up +7% with persons 18-49), joining TBS with upward arrows (and green shading) in the chart below.  However, TNT and TRUtv remain […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 19 and Sunday March 20, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 3.76 rating ABC 8:30 […]

Through the first Thursday of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (better known as March Madness), CBS is down -15% in total viewers (persons 2+) to 3.8 million on average for its two evening games (compared to the average of the prior three years), TNT is down -25% to 1.5 million viewers for its four games […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 1.98 rating ABC 8:30 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 5 and Sunday March 6, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 1.42 rating ABC 8:30 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 27 and Sunday February 28, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 3.89 rating ABC 8:30 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 20 and Sunday February 21, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. NBA Saturday 2.64 rating ABC 8:30 […]