The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 8 and Sunday August 9, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Football NFL: […]

  BATWOMAN stayed in the cave for its 2nd airing. 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). […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE FOUR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while AP BIO and MOM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable at 0.57/0.53.  ESPN’s 30 FOR 30 documentary was at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  DESIGNATED SURVIVOR lost 0.1 in final numbers, and EMPIRE gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY tends to start very big and then plunge before stabilizing, and the pattern held with a 0.99 drop from last […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  DANCING WITH THE STARS hung on better than expected in adjusted network numbers, retaining all of this morning’s 2.4 (still a season premiere low).  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1. Ratings for Monday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts (now with all three individual hours of wrestling on USA and a few additional programs added): ESPN’s […]

The NBA playoffs are really starting to lose steam, as the games this weekend were generally about 30% down from last year (or about two full household rating points lower).  The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 25, Sunday May 26 and Monday May […]

  There wasn’t much of interest in Friday’s preliminary ratings, and what little there was will be adjusted on Monday due to NFL PRESEASON preemptions for ABC in Nashville (the Tennessee vs. Kansas City game), CW in Charlotte (New England vs. Carolina) and CBS (respective local simulcasts in Boston and Kansas City). The NFL dominated […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  NBC wasn’t able to exclude the 8PM half-hour of its WINTER OLYMPICS coverage, and consequently its rating stayed at 5.0, just barely above the 2d-lowest night of Turin  And without getting too far into spoiler territory, tonight’s ratings may end up being disappointing as well.  CRIMINAL MINDS gained back 0.1 of its […]