World Cup 2014 has arrived, and ESPN has to be very encouraged with the audience for the opening match (host country Brazil versus Croatia).  Yesterday the match averaged 4,040,000 total viewers (any age) and a 1.72 adult 18-49 rating.  This is well above the opening match in 2010 from South Africa at 9:25 am ET […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 the age of 2). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.9.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, with games at 0.93/0.63/0.44 (plus COLLEGE GAMEDAY at 0.55), not to mention Fox Sports 1’s games at 0.33/0.16 and ESPN2’s games at 0.29/0.17.  Adult […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Airing for the first time since November 10, STATION 19 ticked down to 0.49, and GREY’S ANATOMY slipped 0.02 to 0.49.  A rerun of the COMPANY YOU KEEP pilot was at 0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.35/0.24/0.18. NBC:  LAW & ORDER dipped 0.04 to 0.49, SVU dropped 0.07 to 0.58, and LAW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the JANE THE VIRGIN season finale lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game led Monday cable at 2.05, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at […]

  The more action-packed debate had stronger numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 the age of 2). Ratings analysis […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 24 HOURS TO HELL & BACK rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC telecast led Saturday cable at 0.43, with the PRELIMS at 0.24, and the late-night TOP RANK BOXING at 0.17, and […]

  The GRAMMY AWARDS slowed their decline. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 the age of 2). Ratings analysis and […]