NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.2, and FOX’s game held at 0.9.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL was the story on Saturday cable, too, with ESPN’s games occupying 4 of the Top 7 slots at 1.12/0.67/0.55/0.38, Fox […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both DANCING WITH THE STARS and the CASTLE season finale were up 0.1 in final numbers.  The same was true for FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES and BONES.  But 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY and THE BLACKLIST stayed put (so BLACKLIST was actually down for its season finale), and both the STAR-CROSSED series finale […]

  The numbers continued trending downward. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 follow the […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 15 through Sunday May 21, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE was steady at 0.55, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was up 0.06 to 0.29. CBS:  FBI slipped 0.02 to 0.53, FBI: INTERNATIONAL rose 0.08 to 0.48, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up a tenth to 0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE was steady at 0.60, LA BREA dropped 0.06 to 0.32, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE ROOKIE, 60 MINUTES, THE EQUALIZER, DATELINE and CHERRIES WILD.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The return of Hallmark’s WHEN CALLS THE HEART livened things up on the scripted side at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  SWAT gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that due to Thanksgiving, all comparisons except where otherwise noted are to 2 weeks ago.  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT […]

  Not a tuneful evening. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 follow the chart. […]