Summer programming continued to run down. 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 […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 3-4, 2016.  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, September […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s Notre Dame vs. Texas game adjusted up 0.3 to 3.3 in final numbers (however, the FALL PREVIEW informercial that started the night fell 0.2 to 0.9) and NBC’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 to 0.9.  BIG BROTHER also rose 0.1 to 1.4.          Broadcast Official Nationals […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s Alabama vs. USC game adjusted up 0.1 to 2.5 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ORIGINALS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, with games and related programming occupying 11 of the Top 12 slots.  (ESPN alone had 10 of those, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The DATELINE and SHARK TANK reruns gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 8:30PM MASTERS OF ILLUSION, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and NCIS: LA reruns lost the same         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ORIGINALS:  There weren’t a lot of originals on […]

  Ninjas over bachelors on a quiet holiday night. 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 […]

  From a network point of view, the only thing better than a football game is one that goes to double overtime. 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 […]

The Labor Day holiday will cause delays for daily nationals ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few days.  This is how the ratings should roll out this week.  We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday Sep 2 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday Sep 6 at 1 pm (normally Monday afternoon) Saturday Sep 3 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Sep 7 at 6 am […]