Tuesday TV Ratings 3/4/25: Trump’s Presidential Address Up from Biden’s Last State of the Union, Deal Or No Deal Island and Kitchen Nightmares Down [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: On Tuesday night, President Trump's address to Congress brought in ratings that were generally higher than President Biden's 2024 State of the Union address. On network TV, ABC's coverage (1.00 rating/6.33 million viewers) easily topped the night. NBC (0.57 rating/3.91 million) placed second in Adults 18-49 ratings but was the only big 4 network to decline from the year-ago Biden address. CBS (0.56 rating/4.01 million) was third in the demo but second in total viewers. Fox (0.52 rating/2.65 million) settled for last place, though it was more competitive than usual. In the 8 p.m. hour, Fox's Kitchen Nightmares (0.27, -0.01) inched down, while NBC reality series Deal or No Deal Island (0.22, -0.05) dealt with a more severe decline. CBS's Price Is Right rerun (0.35) easily beat out ABC's Will Trent encore (0.22). WWE NXT (0.15, -0.04) slipped on the CW. Key: (R) = repeat.

Monday TV Ratings 1/20/25: The Traitors Broadcast Preview Pitiful, College Football Championship Down 15% from 2024, 9-1-1: Lone Star Returns to Series Low [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: The broadcast premiere of The Traitors (0.14/0.11) bombed on NBC, with the Peacock series placing fourth in the 8 p.m. time slot. CBS aired reruns of NCIS (0.19) and NCIS: Origins (0.12). In the 10 p.m. hour, their coverage of President Trump's inauguration (0.10) trailed that of ABC's (0.14). 9-1-1: Lone Star (0.21, -0.01) dipped to a new series low on Fox but somehow topped broadcast. Rescue: HI-Surf (0.18, 0.00) held steady. The CW re-aired I Am MLK Jr. (0.07). Key: (R) = repeat.

Tuesday TV Ratings 9/10/24: Harris/Trump Debate Heavily Out-Rates June Biden/Trump Debate as ABC Leads Coverage [+ Analysis]

Ratings Analysis: Tuesday night's debate between former president Donald Trump and vice-president Kamala Harris proved to be a much bigger draw than the Biden-Trump debate from June. ABC hosted the debate and led the way with a massive 4.22 rating in the Adults 18-49 demographic, rising over 170% from the June debate (1.56). NBC (2.41) took second, while Fox (1.25) placed third. CBS (1.09) once more trailed the other networks in the key demo. After the debate, ABC (3.42) maintained its lead with debate analysis. NBC (1.53) remained in second, while CBS (0.77) was last again. In the 8 p.m. hour, ABC's "pre-game" show (1.39) topped its time slot. NBC (0.62) came in second, CBS (0.42) took third, and Fox (0.22) settled for a distant fourth. Counterprogramming was scarce, but the CW offered repeats of The Conners (0.04/0.05/0.05/0.05) for viewers uninterested in the debate. Key: (R) = repeat.

Wednesday Cable Ratings 5/10/23: Trump Town Hall Takes Fifth Place as NBA Playoffs Dominate, Single Drunk Female Ties Season High for Finale, Digman! Finale and Nora from Queens Stumble to Lows

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Wednesday, 5/10/23. Items of note include the Donald Trump Town Hall on CNN, the season finale of Digman! on Comedy Central and the season finale of Single Drunk Female on Freeform.

(Click the names of the shows written in teal or blue to be taken to their pages in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Database.)

Tuesday Cable Ratings 4/4/23: Cable News Soars for Coverage of Trump Arraignment and Speech, NBA Slips

Below are the top 50 programs on cable on Tuesday, 4/4/23. Items of note include NBA on TNT, Real Housewives of New Jersey on Bravo, and coverage of former President Donald Trump's arrest and arraignment on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.

(Note: Click any show with its name in green or blue to be taken to its page in the TV Ratings Guide Cable Ratings Database.)