UPDATE: Per expectations, the WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted to a 5.6 rating on Monday (Nielsen is still behind, recovering from the horror of dealing with a regular national holiday).  ALMOST HUMAN gained 0.1 to hit 1.7, tying the much more high-profile THE FOLLOWING (which for its part seems hell-bent on topping its own idiocy with […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.91 rating CBS 12:00 pm Georgetown at St John’s 1.31 rating CBS 2:00 […]

NOTE: This post will be updated with the official national ratings for the 2015 All-Star Game, when available later today. The All-Star Game on FOX on July 14, 2015 is currently averaging a 2.8 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm ET in the fast nationals and should go up to around a 3.0 adult 18-49 rating in […]

After years of suffering through the unsatisfying BCS system, college football fans were treated to a vast improvement: the College Football Playoff system, starting on New Year’s Day 2015 to settle the 2014 NCAA season.  The playoffs started appropriately enough at the Rose Bowl, “The Granddaddy of Them All” and one of the most picturesque […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday December 17-18, 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, December […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday May 13-14, 2017.  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, May 14-15, […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday December 23-24, 2017.  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, December 24-25, […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 21-22, 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, July 22-23, […]