A light programming schedule on the broadcast networks paved the way for ESPN to win this Wednesday evening among total viewers and all key demos, courtesy of college football’s Music City Bowl between Louisville and Texas A&M.
At 5.423 million total viewers, a 1.49 rating in adults 18-49, a 1.21 rating in adults 18-34 and a 1.76 rating among adults 25-54, drew the most total viewers for a Music City Bowl game since 2010 (North Carolina/Tennessee, 7.1 million) and ranks as the second-biggest audience for this particular bowl within the past decade (2006-15).
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-11 | Network Average | 2.4/4 | 3838 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/3 | 1.2/4 |
| 8:00 | The Middle (r) | 3.2/6 | 5068 | 0.7/3 | 1.0/4 | 1.4/4 |
| 8:30 | The Goldbergs (r) | 2.5/4 | 4126 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/3 | 1.3/4 |
| 9:00 | Modern Family (r) | 2.8/5 | 4543 | 0.7/3 | 1.1/4 | 1.6/4 |
| 9:31 | black-ish (r) | 2.4/4 | 3724 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/3 | 1.3/4 |
| 10:00 | The Goldbergs (r) | 1.9/3 | 2887 | 0.4/2 | 0.7/2 | 1.0/3 |
| 10:30 | black-ish (r) | 1.7/3 | 2650 | 0.4/2 | 0.7/2 | 0.9/3 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 3.0/5 | 4684 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/3 | 1.2/4 |
| 8:00 | I Get That A Lot (s) | 3.1/5 | 4979 | 0.6/3 | 1.0/4 | 1.4/4 |
| 9:00 | Code Black (r) | 2.6/5 | 4096 | 0.4/2 | 0.7/2 | 1.0/3 |
| 10:00 | Criminal Minds (r) | 3.2/6 | 4977 | 0.5/2 | 0.9/3 | 1.3/4 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 3.0/5 | 4568 | 0.5/2 | 0.8/3 | 1.2/3 |
| 8:00 | Law & Order: SVU (r) | 2.9/5 | 4361 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/3 | 1.1/3 |
| 9:00 | Law & Order: SVU (r) | 3.4/6 | 5108 | 0.6/2 | 0.9/3 | 1.4/4 |
| 10:00 | Chicago P.D. (r) | 2.9/5 | 4235 | 0.4/2 | 0.7/3 | 1.1/3 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 1.4/2 | 2149 | 0.4/2 | 0.6/2 | 0.8/2 |
| 8:00 | Empire (r) | 1.5/3 | 2259 | 0.4/2 | 0.6/2 | 0.9/3 |
| 9:00 | Rosewood (r) | 1.4/2 | 2039 | 0.4/2 | 0.5/2 | 0.7/2 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 0.5/1 | 884 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 |
| 8:00 | iHeartRadio Jingle Ball (r) | 0.5/1 | 911 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.4/1 |
| 9:30 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (r) | 0.5/1 | 802 | 0.2/1 | 0.3/1 | 0.3/1 |
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PROGRAM | HH/Share | Viewers (000) |
Adults 18-34 |
Adults 18-49 |
Adults 25-54 |
| 8-11 | Network Average | 1.1/2 | 2006 | 0.8/3 | ||
| 7:00 | Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse | 1.1/2 | 1943 | 0.7/3 | ||
| 8:00 | Antes Muerta Que Lichita | 1.0/2 | 1999 | 0.7/3 | ||
| 9:00 | Pasion y Poder | 1.1/2 | 1890 | 0.7/2 | ||
| 10:03 | Yo No Creo En Hombres | 1.2/2 | 2143 | 0.8/3 | ||
Cable Rankings – Wednesday 12/30/15
What follows are the top 20 most-watched shows in prime time on cable for Wednesday, December 30:
- “College Football: Music City Bowl: Louisville vs. Texas A&M” (ESPN, 7:12-11:12 p.m., 3.27 household rating, 1.49 adults 18-49 rating): 5.423 million
- “Alaskan Bush People” (Discovery, 9 p.m.): 3.931
- “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 10 p.m.): 2.757
- “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 9 p.m.): 2.678
- “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 10:30 p.m.): 2.659
- “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 9:30 p.m.): 2.648
- “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 8:30 p.m.): 2.571
- “Descendants” (Disney Channel, 8 p.m.): 2.170
- “House Hunters” (HGTV, 10 p.m.): 2.052
- “The Big Bang Theory” (TBS, 8 p.m.): 2.051
- “American Pickers” (History, 9 p.m.): 1.979
- “Alaskan Bush People” (Discovery, 8 p.m.): 1.944
- “House Hunters International” (HGTV, 10:30 p.m.): 1.941
- “The O’Reilly Factor” (Fox News Channel, 8 p.m.): 1.911
- “American Pickers” (History, 8 p.m.): 1.908
- “Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks” (Nickelodeon, 8 p.m.): 1.827
- “Best Friends Whenever” (Disney Channel, 10:05 p.m.): 1.696
- “American Dad” (Adult Swim, 10:30 p.m.): 1.671
- “Pawn Stars” (History, 10 p.m.): 1.634
- “Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks” (Nickelodeon, 8:30 p.m.): 1.619
- “Men, Women, Wild” (Discovery, 10 p.m.): 1.267
- “The Challenge: Bloodlines” (MTV, 10 p.m.): 0.835
- “College Basketball: Clemson @ North Carolina” (ESPN2, 7:04-9:04 p.m., 0.41 household rating): 0.659
Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research
Hi SonoftheBronx, I have a couple ratings requests from early 2014. Before I ask them, I want to make sure that it’ll be ok. So since it is a holiday weekend, would you mind answering the requests? Thank you.
This site’s only taking ratings requests from Nov. 16 or later.
If I wanted the numbers in order to complete the data, would Twitter be a better place to request? Once I can get the full data, I will have no more requests from earlier than November 16.
No, that’s okay. Asking for numbers on this site is fine. I didn’t get ratings nearly as often in early 2014 so doubt I’d have the stuff you’d be looking for.
Well I’m just trying to complete my Nurse Jackie, Californication, Episodes, House of Lies, and Halt and Catch Fire ratings. I’m missing 2 from Episodes and HOL, and 1 from HACF. But there are 7 I don’t have from NJ and Cali
I found only demo ratings via showbuzzdaily. Hope this help.
7/13/14 episode of ‘Halt and Catch Fire’: 0.26 A18-49
3/23/14 episodes of ‘House of Lies’: 0.2(*NOT 0.20. One-decimal number) A18-49
Thank you for the demos! I’m just hoping someone has the actual viewership for them, but it doesn’t look like anyone does sadly.
Ok so I will do these 2-by-2 just as you want. So can I have the 7/13/14 episode of ‘Halt and Catch Fire’, and the 3/9 and 3/23/14 episodes of ‘House of Lies’? Thank You!
If I understand the ”request policy” of this site correctly you are supposed to ask for these ratings only on the ratings reports of 7/13/14 (for HCF) and 3/9/14 and 3/23/14 (for HoL) at the old web-site.
Can you fulfill Ryan’s requests? That would be okay here.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the numbers (total viewers and adults 18-49) for these three episodes either 🙁
I think they said that they were no longer going to responding to requests on TVMI
Question, do you carry ION Television ratings?
I get Ion ratings in preliminary data on weekdays
Can you explain what that means please?
Meaning the early viewer numbers from the top 56 markets that come in at about noon Eastern time from Mon-Fri.
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SpongeBob 6-7pm please?
SpongeBob (Nickelodeon, 12/30 6:00-6:30 p.m.) 1.513 million viewers
SpongeBob (Nickelodeon, 12/30 6:30-7:00 p.m.) 1.699 million viewers
Also, Henry Danger 5-6pm?
Henry Danger (Nickelodeon, 12/30 5:00-5:30 p.m.) 1.471 million viewers
Henry Danger (Nickelodeon, 12/30 5:30-6:00 p.m.) 1.513 million viewers
And Thundermans 3-4pm?
Thundermans (Nickelodeon, 12/30 3:00-3:30 p.m.) 1.620 million viewers
Thundermans (Nickelodeon, 12/30 3:30-4:00 p.m.) 1.512 million viewers
Do you have ratings for The Amazing World of Gumball and We Bare Bears from 10 am to 12 pm? Thanks.
Amazing World of Gumball (Cartoon Network, 12/30 10:00-10:30 a.m.) 1.254 million viewers
Amazing World of Gumball (Cartoon Network, 12/30 10:30-11:00 a.m.) 1.187 million viewers
We Bare Bears (Cartoon Network, 12/30 11:00-11:30 a.m.) 1.061 million viewers
We Bare Bears (Cartoon Network, 12/30 11:30 a.m.-noon) 1.148 million viewers
Hi SonoftheBronx, do you have ‘Flippin’ RV’s’ (GAC) from this day? Thanks
Flippin’ RV’s (GAC, 12/30 9:00-10:00 p.m.) 111,000 viewers, 0.03 adults 18-49 rating