NETWORK FINALS: As expected, ABC’s shows adjusted sharply down because of local station simulcasts of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. That left the DANCING WITH THE STARS premiere down half a point to 2.1, although that was still steady with the Fall 2015 premiere. The finale of THE $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.4 to […]
Note: MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL local preemptions may lead to adjustments for ABC and FOX. 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 […]
Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday April 20 through Sunday April 26, 2020. 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Nielsen announced this morning that there have been systematic problems with their ratings since March, which weren’t noticed through the months of low summer viewing, but became obvious once the fall season began. Although Nielsen didn’t address the issue directly, the assumption is that this is the explanation (you can read the […]
Six seasons in, it’s probably safe to say that the people who watch MAD MEN are the people who watch Mad Men, and the ratings for last night’s Season 6 premiere were by and large very steady with last year’s launch. Total viewership was at 3.4M, down a bit from 3.54M last year, while […]
Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 27-28, 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 28-29, […]
THE WEEK. For the recently completed week ending Sunday (January 7-13, 2013), CBS pulled into first place with a preliminary 3.18 adult 18-49 rating, doubling last week’s 1.58 rating. Two hours this week were unusual, non-recurring events (NFL playoff overrun on Saturday from 8-9 pm and Sunday 7-8 pm, at an 11.6 and 12.4 adjusted fast national […]
NETWORK FINALS: The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 0.83/1.08. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The NCAA TOURNAMENT and related programming occupied the Top 21 slots on Saturday cable, with TBS games at 0.95/0.78/0.61/0.55, TNT at 0.59/0.51/0.31/0.30, and Tru at 0.55/0.51/0.33. […]