NETWORK FINALS: The series finale of THE BIG BANG THEORY and PARADISE HOTEL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the season finale of YOUNG SHELDON, the UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY special and the FOR THE PEOPLE series finale lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]
NOTE: See Mitch Metcalf’s calendar of holiday ratings delays to see what to expect over the next 2 weeks. NETWORK FINALS: As the sharp-eyed will note, the chart below is currently a reprint of this morning’s preliminary ratings. Until that’s replaced, here are the adjustments in finals; 0.1 bumps for SANTA CLAUS […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday network ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The NCAA TOURNAMENT Final Four games on TBS towered over the rest of TV on Saturday night, led by 3.25 for North Carolina vs. Syracuse, with 2.44 for […]
Analysis to follow. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday June 30, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Friday cable was entirely dominated by news, and and is often the case when the story is of general interest, CNN was on top with CNN […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Nielsen announced this morning that there have been systematic problems with their ratings since March, which weren’t noticed through the months of low summer viewing, but became obvious once the fall season began. Although Nielsen didn’t address the issue directly, the assumption is that this is the explanation (you can read the […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE led the night at 0.96, although that was down from 1.2 for the previous installment in December 2019. ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (which will return in January) premiered at 0.63. QUEENS returned from a week off, up 0.08 to 0.34. CBS: The line-up aired new episodes […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE OSCARS ended up at 10.5, down a fairly small 0.3 from the 2015 telecast. Interestingly, in the final national numbers, the rating was basically steady through the telecast, without the bump in the first half-hour that was evident in the overnights. The LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET pre-show […]