> After 2 nights of sinking numbers, stability returned to the ratings on Wednesday. ABC:  All in all, a good night.  The first half of the evening was down a tenth or so here and there, but the network got help where it mattered.  HAPPY ENDINGS is now hitting its stride in viewership as well […]

>Another night of American Idol and another 30% decline from the same episode last year.  The other networks mostly went with repeats.                Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday     FOX    CBS    ABC    NBC    01.26.2012   4.2    2.8    1.2    1.4    01.27.2011   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19, DEPUTY, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and the reruns of THE NEIGHBORHOOD and BULL all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again at the top of cable, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.65/0.97/5.6M, CNN’s GLOBAL […]

  It was the last Friday of the regular season, but the lights were already off. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of SHARK TANK was at 0.48, up 0.03 from last week and down 0.07 from the 2021 finale.  20/20 was steady at 0.35. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.05 to 0.26, followed by reruns at 0.20/0.25. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST ticked up to 0.23, and DATELINE was up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DANCING WITH THE STARS season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s 3-episode airing of BLACK NARCISSUS was at 0.07/0.04 and off the chart at 0.03/310K. ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.62, up […]

    Summer network TV continues to fall behind cable. FOX:  It’s all but a foregone conclusion that everything on network TV last night was outrated by the Boston/Miami NBA Playoffs and History’s conclusion of Hatfields & McCoys.  The only show on the networks to score over a 1.5 rating in 18-49s was SO YOU […]

The Presidents Day holiday will cause delays for national television ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  As a rule of thumb, national holidays that close banks, stock markets or post offices also impact Nielsen ratings (MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s). After this […]