Broadcasters continued to trend downward. 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 comparisons […]

American Idol isn’t scary anymore. FOX:  As Mitch Metcalf detailed this morning, AMERICAN IDOL‘s 6.0 season debut–while obviously still a huge number for any network series–was down 1.4 ratings points from last year’s premiere, and down a staggering 3.7 points from 2 years ago, a margin that in itself would be the rating for a […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 3-9, 2018.  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 weekend last year, December […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The finale of the JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP jumped 0.29 from Friday’s installment to 0.79.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY benefited from that kick, up 0.23 from last week to 0.64, and BLACK-ISH was up 0.13 to 0.43.  TO TELL THE TRUTH returned at 0.31. CBS:  Due to the Olympics, several networks aired their regular […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 2022 ESPY AWARDS were at 0.42.  That was up 0.18 from the 2021 edition, which aired on a Saturday. CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.04 to 0.70, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.04 to 0.40.  A SWAT rerun followed at 0.18. NBC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.30/0.29. FOX:  MASTERCHEF rose 0.04 to 0.48, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  New Year’s Day cable was all about ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games, led by the ROSE BOWLat 3.77 (ESPN2 simulcast at 0.12), with the SUGAR BOWL at […]

  A big night for CBS’s sitcoms. 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 […]

> A generally lousy week for network TV continues. ABC: Despite its crossover with PRIVATE PRACTICE, GREY’S ANATOMY (which was admittedly facing American Idol this week) swooned to a season low 3.1, down almost 25% from last week. Free of Idol, Practice saw more benefit from the crossover at 10PM, with a 2.6 that was […]