TV Ratings

Nickelodeon's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Hits All-Time Series High

NEW YORK, July 22, 2008 -- Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender ended its third season with a "b-Aang," scoring the series' highest ratings ever, and earning the number-one spot on broadcast and basic cable television for the week with kids and tweens.

The two-hour season-three finale, Sozin's Comet (Sat., July 19, 8 p.m. ET/PT), wrapped up a week of new, half-hour Avatar episodes (Mon-Tues., Thurs.-Fri., 8 p.m. ET/PT), including a one-hour TV movie mid-week, Avatar: Boiling Rock (Wed. July 16, 8 p.m. ET/PT).

Ratings highlights for Nick's Avatar week include:    » read more »

First Two Rounds on ESPN Were Most-Viewed in Eight Years

June 17, 2008 -- ESPN’s coverage of the 2008 U.S. Open playoff on Monday from noon-2 p.m. ET was the most-viewed golf telecast in cable TV history (4.2 household rating, 4,055,000 household impressions, 4,762,000 viewers). Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate in a sudden playoff at Torrey Pines. ESPN aired the first two hours of the playoff, which went into sudden death. Previously, ESPN’s coverage of the 2008 Masters, which delivered a 3.1 household rating, held the record, averaging 3,014,000 households.    » read more »

iCarly Prime-Time Special Draws 4.5 Million Total Viewers, Ranks As Basic Cable's Number-One Entertainment Program for the Weekand Year to Date, iCarly Series Ranks as Top Three Tween Show on Broadcast and Basic Cable TV

NEW YORK, June 17, 2008 -- Nickelodeon's hit iCarly series scored big with its first-ever super-sized episode, iCarly Saves TV (June 13, 8 p.m. ET/PT), ranking as the week's number-one entertainment show [non-sports] in total viewers on basic cable television. The program was also number one for the week across all of Nick's key demos -- tweens 9-14, kids 6-11 and kids 2-11 -- on both broadcast and basic cable television.    » read more »

June 3, 2008 -- There has been some discussion around Monday Night RAW’s Memorial Day rating. Let’s put all this into perspective. First, over the past 13 weeks (3/3/08-5/26/08) Raw has averaged more weekly viewers than during the first 13 weeks following the show’s return to the USA Network in October 2005.

Even with a lower than usual rating, on Memorial Day, RAW was the #1 regularly scheduled cable program in primetime among households. RAW also was the #1 program on all primetime television among Persons 12-17 and the #2 television program among Males 12-17, Males 12-34, Males 18-34 and Persons 12-34.    » read more »

- ABC's Daytime Full And Drama Lineups Rank No. 1 For The Week (Both ABC Lineups Have Ranked No. 1 For 46 Out Of 47 Weeks This Season Among Women 18-49)
- ABC's FULL And Drama Lineups Rank No.1 Season To Date In Women 18-49
- ABC's Full Lineup Is Up 2% Season To Date Among Total Viewers, The Only Network To Show Growth
- Both "The View" And "General Hospital" Delivered Year-To-Year Growth Among Total Viewers
- "The View" Was The Only To Deliver Season-To-Date Growth Among Women 18-49 And Women 18-34

- "ABC Kids" Is No. 1 Among The Broadcast Networks Across All Key Kid Demos And Total Viewers
- ABC Airs The Top 3 Programs On Saturday Across The Kid Demos With "The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody," "Hannah Montana" And "That's So Raven II"
- "The Replacements" Leads Its Half-Hour And Produces Its Highest Kids 2-11 And Kids 6-11 Ratings In 10 Weeks
- "That's So Raven Ii," "Hannah Montana" And "The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody - 11:30am" Win Their Half-Hours Across All Key Kids Demos    » read more »