Weekly Reports

Every week we analyze the performance of the top programs and networks, using interactive graphs and tables to put the numbers into context.


January 6, 2016

Top 100 Shows: December 28, 2015 – January 3, 2016

Top Programs of the Week (12/28/2015 – 1/3/2016) NBC Sunday Night Football ended its season with a bang, as the Vikings victory over the Packers in the de-facto NFC North Championship Game hauled in an impressive 7.9 rating in adults 18-49 and over 24.3 million viewers. The 24.3 million total viewers figure is up +17% from the 2014 […]

January 6, 2016

Network Rankings: December 28, 2015 – January 3, 2016

Network Performance in Primetime: 12/28/15 – 1/3/16 It was a solid week for The Worldwide Leader in sports, as the network finished #1 by a significant margin thanks to its college football bowl games, specifically the College Football Playoff semifinals. ESPN more than doubled its adults 18-49 average from the previous week, and almost tripled its average total […]

January 4, 2016

Top 100 Shows: December 21 – December 27, 2015

Top Programs of the Week (12/21/2015 – 12/27/2015) CABLE   Top Ten Primetime Cable Series of the Week ( A18-49 rtg%): The Top 100 (Overnights) Originator Program Telecast Date Telecast Time Common Day of Week Indicators P18-49 Rtg% P18-49 Proj (000 s) P25-54 Rtg% P25-54 Proj (000 s) P2+ Proj (000 s) NBC NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (NYG […]

January 4, 2016

Network Weekly Rankings: December 21 – December 27, 2015

Network Performance in Primetime: 12/21/15 – 12/27/15 All Nielsen-Measured Networks Sorted by Adults 18-49, Live+SD Data: Dates Daypart Viewing Source P18-49 Rtg% P18-49 Proj (000 s) P25-54 Rtg% P25-54 Proj (000 s) P2+ Proj (000 s) Week of 12/21/2015 Cable Prime ESPN 1.03 1308 1.19 1417 3514 Week of 12/21/2015 Cable Prime ABC FAMILY 0.88 1115 […]

December 22, 2015

Top Shows of the Week: Politics, Football Earn High Marks

Top Programs of the Week (12/14/2015 – 12/20/2015) CNN’s presentation of the latest GOP debate was the most-watched primetime program of the week across both broadcast and cable (18.2 million viewers). The event, which was held on a Tuesday, easily bested the Democratic debate on ABC (8 million viewers). That event aired on a Saturday night, and didn’t feature […]

December 22, 2015

Network Rankings: Viewers Voted for CNN in Primetime

Network Performance in Primetime: 12/14/15 – 12/20/15 As has become custom over the 2015-2016 season to-date, NBC was the highest-rated network of the week in primetime, and CBS took the #1 spot in overall viewers. NBC averaged a 2 in the adults 18-49 category, down less than a tenth from the previous week. CBS took second […]

December 15, 2015

Top Shows of the Week: Live & Reality Reeled in Viewers

Top Programs of the Week (12/7/2015 – 12/13/2015) Sunday Night Football, featuring the Patriots and Texans, was the #1 primetime program of the week, averaging a 7.0 in adults 18-49 and almost 22 million viewers in total. SNF was +4% week over week in adults 18-49, and +9% week over week in total viewers. The 12/7 edition of […]

December 15, 2015

Network Rankings: ESPN is Leader of the Cable Pack

Network Performance in Primetime: 12/7/15 – 12/13/15 The Top Ten Despite falling three tenths of a point from the previous week, NBC was the #1 primetime network for the week ending December 13th (2.1 in P 18-49). NBC was also the most-watched primetime network of the week, hauling in 8.3 million viewers on average (down 400,000 […]

December 8, 2015

Top Shows of the Week: Broadcast Eased Past Cable

Top 100 Programs of the Week (November 30 – December 6) With The Walking Dead now on hiatus, the week’s highest-rated and most-watched programs hailed from the big broadcast networks. NBC’s Sunday Night Football (Indianapolis vs. Pittsburgh) was the #1 primetime program of the week, though its ratings were down from the previous week’s contest (New England vs. Denver) The […]

December 8, 2015

Weekly Network Rankings: Movies Provide Ratings Joy for ABC Family

Network Performance in Primetime: 11/30/15 – 12/6/15  NBC won the week in primetime once again, despite being down week-to-week. The network was anchored by Sunday Night Football, The Voice and special programming including The Wiz Live! Fox climbed six-tenths of a point from last week in Adults 18-49 (1.7 from 1.1) which was good enough for the #2 spot […]

December 2, 2015

Weekly Network Rankings: Nothing Dead About AMC’s Ratings

Network Performance in Primetime: 11/23/15 – 11/29/15 NBC won the week in primetime yet again. Sunday Night Football, The Voice, and the Chicago-themed dramas put up their usual strong numbers, but primetime football on Thanksgiving really put the Peacock over the top. NBC averaged a 3.1 in P 18-49, up a full rating point from the […]

December 2, 2015

Top Shows of the Week: NFL, CBS Thankful for Huge Ratings

Top 100 Programs of the Week (November 23 – November 29) It’s been pretty well-established at this point that football (NFL and college) won Thanksgiving week. The Panthers/Cowboys put up monster numbers on CBS. Bears/Packers set Thanksgiving records for NBC, as did the Sunday Night Football telecast featuring Broncos vs. Patriots. Notre Dame vs. Stanford was Fox’s top-rated and most-watched […]

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