BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 1.60. CBS:  A night of Christmas special reruns at 0.39/0.31/0.20. NBC:  Christmas special reruns at 0.55/0.33, followed by a DATELINE rerun at 0.32. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN slipped 0.02 to 0.54. CW:  Rerun Christmas specials at 0.06/0.06. TELEMUNDO:  A movie at 0.19. UNIVISION:  VENCER LA AUSENCIA dropped 0.08 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 1.37.  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.92.  CW’s shows were at 0.05/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s portion of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.39/0.36/0.31/0.29/0.17/0.16/0.15/0.11/0.11.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.33/0.31/0.19/0.18, with UFC PRELIMS at 0.31.  Hallmark’s original movie […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 5.9 in final numbers, a point above last week’s game.  Elsewhere, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart    CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network piece of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL didn’t have the same bounce as the network portion, and […]

SPECIAL NOTE: Starting this week, the sports rankings will include sporting events with over 100K persons 2+ L+SD and over 90 minutes long. Formerly, the viewer threshold was 200K. Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 27 through Sunday March 5, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks […]

        The technical issues are worked out.  We appreciate your patience.  Here are the Thursday numbers. NETWORK FINALS:  The national NFL PRESEASON game on NBC adjusted up 0.2 to 1.8.  Changes elsewhere were likely due to local NFL preemptions.  On CBS, the LIFE IN PIECES rerun lost 0.1, and the CODE BLACK […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of THE FLASH slipped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT took its customary Week 2 dive, this time down 0.78 to 1.24.  That puts CULT’s Week 2 0.55 behind the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US and NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up 0.02 to 0.65, with lead-out KINGS OF PAIN at 0.27.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK rose 0.07 to 0.51, GENERATION GAP dipped 0.03 to 0.38, and THE CON was down 0.02 to 0.25. CBS:  A 2-hour BIG BROTHER was down 0.05 to 0.71.  It was preceded by reruns at 0.31/0.28. NBC:  Reruns at 0.18/0.26/0.21. FOX:  Reruns at 0.22/0.16/0.14. CW:  BUMP was at 0.03 […]