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August 26, 2013
 

Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Standings

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). With two preseason NFL games this past week (Friday and Saturday), CBS jumped to the top of the networks in prime time for the week ending Sunday.  (Last week, FOX had two games and claimed the weekly crown.)  NBC finished second with its one game on Sunday.

Adult 18-49 Prime Time Rating
THIS WEEK Same Week Last Year Last Week
Aug 19-25, 2013 Aug 20-26, 2012 % chg Aug 12-18, 2013 % chg
CBS 1.50 1.45 +3% 1.07 +40%
NBC 1.31 1.46 -10% 1.07 +23%
ABC 0.97 1.10 -12% 1.02 -5%
FOX 0.94 1.42 -34% 1.25 -25%
4-net 4.72 5.43 -13% 4.41 +7%

With 13 weeks of summer ratings in the books, NBC has at last caught ABC in the summer to date averages.

Summer to Date May 27-Aug 25
18-49 Rating vs Last Year
ABC 1.34 -2%
NBC 1.34 -54%
FOX 1.13 -18%
CBS 1.11 +3%



About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.