BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE rose a tenth to 0.60, THE ROOKIE: FEDS gained 0.05 to to 0.37, and WILL TRENT was up 0.05 to 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.31/0.32. NBC:  A strong premiere for the rebooted NIGHT COURT at 0.98/0.94.  It was followed by the 2-hour series finale of NEW AMSTERDAM at 0.39/0.33, […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 24 through Sunday December 30, 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 […]

  Neither of last night’s special events were particularly special. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun at 0.35, 20/20 was down 0.08 to 0.34. CBS:  SWAT lost 0.03 to 0.47, FIRE COUNTRY was down 0.03 to 0.48, and BLUE BLOODS ticked down to 0.39. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ gained 0.03 to 0.27, YOUNG ROCK held at 0.22, and DATELINE was up 0.03 to 0.31. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Wednesday preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.73/0.69.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW dipped 0.03 to 0.45, and LOVE & HIP-HOP was down 0.05 to 0.39.  Bravo’s REAL […]

Thanks to football, Sunday nights in the fall can be very misleading.  NBC will walk away with the night between September and December with an astounding 6.5 rating each Sunday in prime time during the NFL season.  For 18 weeks, this is the highest-rated night on any network. Further, the Sunday prime time ratings for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS gained 0.03 to 0.42, THE GOLDBERGS lost 0.04 to 0.30, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ticked up to 0.43, and NOT DEAD YET was down 0.04 to 0.25.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS ticked down to 0.19. CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.03 to 0.69, LINGO returned from a 2-week break down 0.04 to 0.26, […]

    Summer network TV continues to fall behind cable. FOX:  It’s all but a foregone conclusion that everything on network TV last night was outrated by the Boston/Miami NBA Playoffs and History’s conclusion of Hatfields & McCoys.  The only show on the networks to score over a 1.5 rating in 18-49s was SO YOU […]