> There’s almost an embarrassment of riches on Sunday night cable, enough good shows to overload a DVR.  Since many of these series are among the most talked-about (and honored) on all of television, we’re going to start paying attention to them. HBO:  GAME OF THRONES was perfectly poised to become a Season 2 phenomenon, […]

  NOTE: CBS, NBC and FOX numbers below inflated slightly by a few major-market pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.3, up 0.7 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, there were 0.1 bumps for STATION 19, GREY’S ANATOMY, and the rerun of SUPERSTORE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DYNASTY sank 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Friday cable, up 0.09 to 0.66, with the lead-in hour at 0.28.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH ticked up to 0.63, and the lead-out hour gained […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BEYOND THE TANK rose 0.1 in final numbers, which meant it impressively held onto 100% of its SHARK TANK lead-in.  In addition, THE AMAZING RACE climbed 0.1, but CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was well-represented in Friday’s Top 10, with 2 feeds of the NFL Draft (ESPN2’s at 0.84 […]

November sweeps didn’t begin very tunefully. FOX:  With music-themed competition on 2 other networks, THE X FACTOR slumped to 2.3, its season low and no better than last week’s out-of-time-period semi-repeat on Tuesday. ABC:  The CMA AWARDS won the night with 3.8, but that was down a whopping full rating point from last year’s 4.8, […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 13-14, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, October 14-15, […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 29 through Sunday September 4, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]