A particularly bleak night for network TV.  (Note: the current high number for the 7PM rerun of THE SIMPSONS is actually the overrun for FOX’s afternoon DAYTONA 500 coverage. Program titles and start and end times will be corrected in the official nationals on Wednesday.) DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 1.1.  In addition, the 2 hours of DATELINE dropped to 0.4/0.5 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS tied for the lead on Saturday cable with 0.63, and the network’s  COLLEGE […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 11 through Sunday March 17, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions.  Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Another chance to type the year’s most cumbersome title, as HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL:  THE MUSICAL:  THE SERIES gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH fell a tenth to 0.49, with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were multiple news-driven adjustments in final numbers.  On CBS, SURVIVOR gained 0.1 and SEAL TEAM was down the same.  On NBC, the CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD reruns both lost 0.1.  FOX’s LEGO MASTERS dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday February 11-12, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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, February 13-14, […]

Note: ABC and FOX numbers below will rise in the official nationals when live viewing on the West Coast before 8pm PT is factored in. College football on ABC should go up a little less than +10%, while World Series on FOX should rise more than +20% with the viewing in Southern California. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For […]