Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending November 5, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending November 5, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending October 29, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending October 29, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of September 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 8, 1985 and September 15, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: August 26 - September 1, 1985

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd August 1985 and 1st September 1985 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of August 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 18, 1985 and August 25, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of August 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 4, 1985 and August 11, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Michigan/Ohio State Game Historical Ratings

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the annual Michigan/Ohio State College Football game that takes place on one of the last 2 Saturdays of November. Data included below includes HH rating, total number of households, P18-49 rating, and total viewers. The chart currently goes back to 1978 and will be expanded further back over time as more Pocketpieces are scanned.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of July 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 21, 1985 and July 28, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of July 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 7, 1985 and July 14, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: June 24 - 30, 1985

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd June 1985 and 1st July 1985 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of June 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending June 16, 1985 and June 23, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of June 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending June 2, 1985 and June 9, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of May 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 19, 1985 and May 26, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of May 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 5, 1985 and May 12, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: April 22 - 28, 1985

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd April 1985 and 1st May 1985 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of April 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending April 14, 1985 and April 21, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of April 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 31, 1985 and April 7, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending October 22, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending October 22, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending October 15, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending October 15, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of March 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 17, 1985 and March 24, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of March 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 3, 1985 and March 10, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of February 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 17, 1985 and February 24, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of February 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 3, 1985 and February 10, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1985 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of January 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 20, 1985 and January 27, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1985 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of January 1985. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 6, 1985 and January 13, 1985. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: December 24 - 30, 1984

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd December 1984 and 1st January 1985 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of December 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending December 16, 1984 and December 23, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of December 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending December 2, 1984 and December 9, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of November 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 18, 1984 and November 25, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of November 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 4, 1984 and November 11, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending October 8, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending October 8, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending October 1, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending October 1, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

World Series Ratings (1968-2023)

UPDATED 2023 WITH GAME-BY-GAME DEMO DATA BACK TO 1978 AND 2023 NUMBERS

Below are the Nielsen ratings for the last 55 World Series match-ups. From 1991 to present, game-by-game data is provided for the following metrics: local markets, household (HH) ratings, A18-49, A18-34, M18-49, M18-34, median age, and total viewers. Local market ratings for both of the competing teams are provided for most games though there are a few missing.

From 1978 through 1990 local market data and median age is not available, but HH rating, P18-49, P18-34, M18-49, M18-34, and total viewers is available and comes from the Nielsen Pocketpieces. I currently don't have any demo data for Games 3-7 of the 1987 World Series as the Oct. 19-25, 1987 Pocketpiece is currently missing from my collection. Additionally, there is unfortunately no persons-level data available for Game 7 of the 1986 World Series as it aired in a ratings-only week (it wasn't supposed to be, but the USPS lost the demographic data as it was being mailed to create the Pocketpieces).

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of October 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 21, 1984 and October 28, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of October 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 7, 1984 and October 14, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of September 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 23, 1984 and September 30, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of September 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 9, 1984 and September 16, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1964-65 TV Season

Below is a collection of scans of the Nielsen pocketpieces covering the the 1963-64 TV season. It features the complete primetime broadcast Nielsen ratings for all programs airing from August 31, 1964 through April 18, 1965. The week of Dec. 21-27, 1964 was a black week and not measured by Nielsen. I do not currently have any scans for the summer portion of the season. The grids report both the "Total Audience" and the "Average Audience" but Average Audience is the standard Nielsen metric that should be used.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: August 26 - September 2, 1984

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the second of the 2 weeks between the 2nd August 1984 and 1st September 1984 Pocketpieces. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: August 20 - 26, 1984

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering one of the 2 weeks between the 2nd August 1984 and 1st September 1984 Pocketpieces. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of August 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 12, 1984 and August 19, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of August 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 29, 1984 and August 5, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1954 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of October 1954. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending October 23, 1954. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1972-73 TV Season

Below is a collection of scans of the Nielsen pocketpieces covering the the 1972-73 TV season. It features the complete primetime broadcast Nielsen ratings for all programs airing from September 4, 1972 through April 22, 1973. The week of Dec. 25-31, 1972 was a black week and not measured by Nielsen. I do not currently have any scans for the summer portion of the season. The grids report both the "Total Audience" and the "Average Audience" but Average Audience is the standard Nielsen metric that should be used.

This article previously only consisted of Newspaper scans to tell the story of this season's ratings, and those scans are still provided at the bottom of this article in case people want to see them. In some cases, the data in the Newspapers will slightly differ from the ratings in the pocketpiece  because the newspaper data is based off of Fast National data while the pocketpieces are from finalized data. The pocketpiece data should be considered more accurate and the raw scans of them are all available under the "Pocketpiece" tab.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1980-81 TV Season (UPDATED)

Below are the full weekly primetime Nielsen ratings results for the 1980-81 television season. Data comes from the Nielsen pocketpieces which were very graciously transcribed by an anonymous contributor. There are tabs available for each of the season's 53 weeks with the Household rating, share, and impressions available for every primetime program that aired. Shares were not available for several programs that aired in the week of Aug. 24-30, 1981 as the Fast Weekly Household Report for that week is missing.

This article previously only consisted of Newspaper scans to tell the story of this season's ratings, and those scans are still provided at the bottom of this article in case people want to see them. In some cases, the data in the Newspapers will slightly differ from the ratings in the pocketpiece  because the newspaper data is based off of Fast National data while the pocketpieces are from finalized data. The pocketpiece data should be considered more accurate and the raw scans of them are all available under the "Pocketpiece" tab.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending September 24, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending September 24, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending September 17, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending September 17, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1963-64 TV Season

Below is a collection of scans of the Nielsen pocketpieces covering the the 1963-64 TV season. It features the complete primetime broadcast Nielsen ratings for all programs airing from September 2, 1963 through April 19, 1963. The week of Dec. 23-29, 1963 was a black week and not measured by Nielsen. I do not currently have any scans for the summer portion of the season. The grids report both the "Total Audience" and the "Average Audience" but Average Audience is the standard Nielsen metric that should be used. No ratings data is available for Primetime portions of Nov. 22-25, 1963 due to coverage of the Kennedy assassination.

Due to the tight binding of the scans, "average audience" ratings for NBC are cut-off for the majority of the scans and the ratings are handwritten in. Impressions can be calculated by multiplying the rating by 51.6 million and dividing by 100. Shares can be calculated by dividing the HH rating by the "TV Homes Using TV" figure for the telecast's window and multiplying by 100.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of July 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 15, 1984 and July 22, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of July 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 1, 1984 and July 8, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: June 18 - 24, 1984

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd June 1984 and 1st July 1984 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of June 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending June 10, 1984 and June 17, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of June 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 27, 1984 and June 3, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of May 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 13, 1984 and May 20, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of May 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending April 29, 1984 and May 6, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: April 16 - 22, 1984

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd April 1984 and 1st May 1984 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of April 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending April 8, 1984 and April 15, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of April 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 25, 1984 and April 1, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending September 10, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending September 10, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending September 3, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending September 3, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of March 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 11, 1984 and March 18, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of March 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 26, 1984 and March 4, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of February 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 12, 1984 and February 19, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of February 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 29, 1984 and February 5, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1984 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of January 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 15, 1984 and January 22, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1984 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of January 1984. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 1, 1984 and January 8, 1984. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: December 19 - 25, 1983

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd December 1983 and 1st January 1984 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of December 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending December 11, 1983 and December 18, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of December 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 27, 1983 and December 4, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of November 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 13, 1983 and November 20, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of November 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 30, 1983 and November 6, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of October 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 16, 1983 and October 23, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of October 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 2, 1983 and October 9, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending August 27, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending August 27, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending August 20, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending August 20, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of September 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 18, 1983 and September 25, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of September 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 4, 1983 and September 11, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: August 22 - 28, 1983

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd August 1983 and 1st September 1983 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of August 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 14, 1983 and August 21, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of August 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 31, 1983 and August 7, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of July 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 17, 1983 and July 24, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of July 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 3, 1983 and July 10, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1954 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of July 1954. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending July 24, 1954. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: June 20 - 26, 1983

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd June 1983 and 1st July 1983 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of June 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending June 12, 1983 and June 19, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending August 13, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending August 13, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of June 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 29, 1983 and June 5, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of May 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 15, 1983 and May 22, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of May 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 1, 1983 and May 8, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1962-63 TV Season

Below is a collection of scans of the Nielsen pocketpieces covering the the 1962-63 TV season. It features the complete primetime broadcast Nielsen ratings for all programs airing from September 10, 1962 through May 19, 1963. The weeks of Oct. 22-28, 1962, Dec. 24-30, 1962, and April 22-28, 1963 were black weeks and not measured by Nielsen. I do not currently have any scans for the summer portion of the season. The grids report both the "Total Audience" and the "Average Audience" but Average Audience is the standard Nielsen metric that should be used.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: April 18 - 24, 1983

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd April 1983 and 1st May 1983 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of April 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending April 10, 1983 and April 17, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of April 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 27, 1983 and April 3, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending August 6, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending August 6, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1983 - 2nd Report

This Pocketpiece is mislabeled by Nielsen as being for the 2 weeks ending March 27, 1982; however, the data actually covers Mar. 7-20, 1982. The colored grid pages confirm the correct dates.

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of March 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 13, 1983 and March 20, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of March 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 27, 1983 and March 6, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of February 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 13, 1983 and February 20, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of February 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 30, 1983 and February 6, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1983 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of January 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 16, 1983 and January 23, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1983 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of January 1983. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 2, 1983 and January 9, 1983. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1961-62 TV Season

Below is a collection of scans of the Nielsen pocketpieces covering the the 1961-62 TV season. It features the complete primetime broadcast Nielsen ratings for all programs airing from September 18, 1961 through April 15, 1962. The weeks of Oct. 16-22, 1961 and Dec. 18-24, 1961 were black weeks and not measured by Nielsen. I do not currently have any scans for the summer portion of the season. The grids report both the "Total Audience" and the "Average Audience" but Average Audience is the standard Nielsen metric that should be used.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: December 20 - 26, 1982

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd December 1982 and 1st January 1983 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1982 - 2nd Report

This Pocketpiece is mislabeled by Nielsen as being for the 2 weeks ending December 26, 1982; however, the data actually covers Dec. 6-19, 1982. The colored grid pages confirm the correct dates.

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of December 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending December 12, 1982 and December 19, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of December 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 28, 1982 and December 5, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of November 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 14, 1982 and November 21, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of November 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 31, 1982 and November 7, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending July 30, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending July 30, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending July 23, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending July 23, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1960-61 TV Season

Below is a collection of scans of the Nielsen pocketpieces covering the the 1960-61 TV season. It features the complete primetime broadcast Nielsen ratings for all programs airing from September 5, 1960 through April 16, 1961. The weeks of Oct. 17-23, 1960 and Dec. 19-25, 1960 were black weeks and not measured by Nielsen. I do not currently have any scans for the summer portion of the season. The grids report both the "Total Audience" and the "Average Audience" but Average Audience is the standard Nielsen metric that should be used.

Pocketpiece Updates for 1960-1977

My initial goal for the Pocketpiece scanning project was to focus on the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s as that is where the majority of lost/unknown primetime viewership data lies. I previously had a nearly complete index of primetime viewership data from the 1980s, so I figured that I only needed Pocketpiece scans through the 1980-81 season. 

However, due to some circumstances, it became immensely easier than I thought it would be to acquire the complete collection of Pocketpieces for the 1980s, and I've heard from several people that having the non-prime data for the 1980 would be very helpful. So the current plan has now changed slightly to finishing out posting the 1980s and very early 1990s, up through either the end of the 1990-91 season or through the end of the 1991 calendar year.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of October 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 17, 1982 and October 24, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of September 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 3, 1982 and October 10, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of September 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 19, 1982 and September 26, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of September 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 5, 1982 and September 12, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1954 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of April 1954. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending April 24, 1954. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1979 - 2nd Report

Huge thank you to Bill for graciously providing me the last 3 of the Pocketpieces I was previously missing from 1979: 1st May, 2nd May, and 1st June.

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of May 1979. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 20, 1979 and May 27, 1979. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1979 - 1st Report

Huge thank you to Bill for graciously providing me the last 3 of the Pocketpieces I was previously missing from 1979: 1st May, 2nd May, and 1st June.

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of May 1979. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 6, 1979 and May 13, 1979. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1979 - 1st Report

Huge thank you to Bill for graciously providing me the last 3 of the Pocketpieces I was previously missing from 1979: 1st May, 2nd May, and 1st June.

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of June 1979. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending June 3, 1979 and June 10, 1979. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1978 - 2nd Report (partial)

Huge thanks to an anonymous contributor who graciously provided scans he had from this Pocketpiece which before had been fully missing. This is just a partial Pocketpiece, covering only the primetime ratings, but it is a great find. Post will be updated should the remaining pages ever be found.

Below is a Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of April 1978. It features the Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending April 16, 1978 and April 23, 1978. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: August 23 - 29, 1982

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd August 1982 and 1st September 1982 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of August 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 15, 1982 and August 22, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of August 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 1, 1982 and August 8, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending July 16, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending July 16, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending July 9, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending July 9, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of July 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 18, 1982 and July 25, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of July 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 4, 1982 and July 11, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: June 21 - 27, 1982

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd June 1982 and 1st July 1982 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of June 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending June 13, 1982 and June 20, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of June 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 30, 1982 and June 6, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of May 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 16, 1982 and May 23, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of May 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 2, 1982 and May 9, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: April 19 - 25, 1982

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd April 1982 and 1st May 1982 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of April 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending April 11, 1982 and April 18, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of April 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 28, 1982 and April 4, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Easily Convert Pocketpiece Data to Ratings

UPDATE: the calculator has now been upgraded to return ratings for 26 different demos.

I've been regularly posting scans of the Nielsen Pocketpieces for the last 7 months and we're now just getting into 1982 after starting off with 1978. With 5 years of this data published here, I thought it would at least make some sense to provide some way of making the data more usable to the general populace. 

Unlike how ratings data is commonly presented today, the Nielsen Pocketpieces provides audience composition/demographic information in the form of VPVHs (Viewers Per 1000 Viewing Homes) rather than in viewership/impression form (000s) or in ratings form. This can make it difficult to deduce what the data even means or how to extract ratings from it.

I'm planning on doing an in-depth instruction manual of sorts for how to read these booklets, but for now, I've put together a calculator which I think is a happy medium. The calculator is available by clicking here, through the "Pocketpiece Data Converter" tab in the sidebar, or by hovering over the "Pocketpiece Archive" tab at the top of the site.

It currently is set up to work for 10 TV seasons from 1980-81 through 1989-90, but I'm hoping to expand it back into the 1970s once I get ahold of the Universe Estimates for those years.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of March 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 14, 1982 and March 21, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of March 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 28, 1982 and March 7, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of February 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 14, 1982 and February 21, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of February 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 31, 1982 and February 7, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending July 2, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending July 2, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1954 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of January 1954. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending January 23, 1954. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1982 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of January 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 17, 1982 and January 24, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1982 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of January 1982. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 3, 1982 and January 10, 1982. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: December 21 - 27, 1981

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd December 1981 and 1st January 1982 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of December 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending December 13, 1981 and December 20, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of December 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 29, 1981 and December 6, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

FIFA Men's and Women's World Cup Final Historical Ratings

UPDATED AUG 2023

Below are the available Nielsen ratings for U.S. telecasts of both the Men's and Women's FIFA World Cup. The 1966 World Cup was not only the first World Cup to be aired in the U.S. (albeit on a 2-hour tape delay using the BBC feed), it was also the first full length soccer game to ever be aired on U.S. television. In 1970, ABC aired the World Cup Final on Christmas as part of its "Wide World of Sports" program, 6 months after it actually played. I currently don't have data for those 2 games, but hopefully they will be available once the Nielsen Pocketpieces for those years are acquired and scanned.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of November 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 15, 1981 and November 22, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of November 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 1, 1981 and November 8, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending June 25, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending June 25, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of October 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 18, 1981 and October 25, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day. Note: the first page of this report is mislabeled as being for the 2 weeks ending November 1, 1981. This is actually for the 2 weeks ending October 25, 1981.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of October 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 4, 1981 and October 11, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of September 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 20, 1981 and September 27, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of September 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 6, 1981 and September 13, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending June 18, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending June 18, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of August 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 16, 1981 and August 23, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of August 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 2, 1981 and August 9, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of July 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 19, 1981 and July 26, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of July 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending July 5, 1981 and July 12, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: June 22 - 28, 1981

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd June 1981 and 1st July 1981 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of June 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending June 14, 1981 and June 21, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: June 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of June 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 31, 1981 and June 7, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of May 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 17, 1981 and May 24, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: May 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of May 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending May 3, 1981 and May 10, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending June 11, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending June 11, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending June 4, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending June 4, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1979-80 TV Season (UPDATED)

Below are the full weekly primetime Nielsen ratings results for the 1979-80 television season. Data comes from the Nielsen pocketpieces which were very graciously transcribed by an anonymous contributor. There are tabs available for each of the season's 52 weeks with the Household rating, share, and impressions available for every primetime program that aired.

This article previously only consisted of Newspaper scans to tell the story of this season's ratings, and those scans are still provided at the bottom of this article in case people want to see them. In some cases, the data in the Newspapers will slightly differ from the ratings in the pocketpiece  because the newspaper data is based off of Fast National data while the pocketpieces are from finalized data. The pocketpiece data should be considered more accurate and the raw scans of them are all available under the "Pocketpiece" tab.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: April 20 - 26, 1981

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd April 1981 and 1st May 1981 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of April 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending April 12, 1981 and April 19, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of April 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 29, 1981 and April 5, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Where to Find Nielsen Data in a Post-ShowBuzzDaily World

As ShowBuzzDaily unfortunately ceased operations last week, the question on everyone's (who cares about TV ratings) mind is where they'll be able to find this data going forward. Luckily, the vast majority of that data will still be available, but with some caveats:

• Daily broadcast finals will continue to be posted each day at SpoilerTV. Currently the only demos provided are P18-49 & P2+, but when the new broadcast season begins in the fall, P18-34 and P25-54 should also start to be provided.

• Daily top 150 cable originals will continue to be posted at SpoilerTV; however, the data will only be provided at a weekly cadence on Tuesdays (barring any U.S. holidays). On Tuesdays, all of the charts for the previous week will be populated with top 150 originals.

• Skedball data will be provided weekly at Sports Media Watch in some format or another on Tuesdays. Sports data is also available at SpoilerTV in their Weekly Top 200 Sports post.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: July 1953 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of July 1953. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending July 25, 1953. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of March 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 15, 1981 and March 22, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: March 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of March 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending March 1, 1981 and March 8, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of February 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 15, 1981 and February 22, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: February 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of February 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending February 1, 1981 and February 8, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending May 28, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending May 28, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: April 1953 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of April 1953. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending April 25, 1953. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1981 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of January 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 18, 1981 and January 25, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1981 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of January 1981. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending January 4, 1981 and January 11, 1981. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: December 22 - 28, 1980

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd December 1980 and 1st January 1981 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1980 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of December 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending December 14, 1980 and December 21, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: December 1980 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of December 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 30, 1980 and December 7, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1980 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of November 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 16, 1980 and November 23, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending May 21, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending May 21, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending May 14, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending May 14, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: January 1953 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of January 1953. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending January 24, 1953. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Nielsen Pocketpiece: November 1980 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of November 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending November 2, 1980 and November 9, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1980 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of October 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 19, 1980 and October 26, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1952 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of October 1952. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the 2 weeks ending October 25, 1952. Unfortunately, the only records I've been able to find of Pocketpieces from prior to November 1954 exist on Microfilm, so the quality of the scans is not as good as in the later years. This was the best quality, highest-resolution quality scan I was able to get, so anything that is not legible here was also not legible through the microfilm reader. 

Nielsen Pocketpiece: October 1980 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of October 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending October 5, 1980 and October 12, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending May 7, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending May 7, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1980 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of September 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 21, 1980 and September 28, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: September 1980 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of September 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending September 7, 1980 and September 14, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending April 30, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending April 30, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Top Streaming (SVOD) Ratings: Week Ending April 23, 2023

Below are the weekly streaming/video-on-demand (SVOD) ratings for the week ending April 23, 2023. The chart below includes the top 10 original programs, top 10 movies, and top 10 acquired programs from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Peacock, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ measured on total minutes of watch-time. The data represents only viewing within the U.S. and comes from Nielsen Media Research.

Weekly Nielsen Ratings: 1977-78 TV Season (UPDATED)

UPDATE 8/18/23: FULL DATA FOR WEEKS ENDING 4/16/78 & 4/23/78 ADDED.

Below are the full weekly primetime Nielsen ratings results for the 1977-78 television season. Data comes from the Nielsen pocketpieces which were very graciously transcribed by an anonymous contributor. There are tabs available for each of the season's 52 weeks with the Household rating, share, and impressions available for nearly every primetime program. There are 5 partial weeks of the season where I am missing the associated Fast Weekly Household Report, so the data provided comes from a variety of sources including Newspaper lists, and trade publication articles. In those weeks, usually more half of the ratings data is available. Full rankings are available for each week except for July 2, 1978 and September 3, 1978 in which only the top 20 rankings are known.

This article previously only consisted of Newspaper scans to tell the story of this season's ratings, and those scans are still provided at the bottom of this article in case people want to see them. In some cases, the data in the Newspapers will slightly differ from the ratings in the pocketpiece  because the newspaper data is based off of Fast National data while the pocketpieces are from finalized data. The pocketpiece data should be considered more accurate and the raw scans of them are all available under the "Pocketpiece" tab.

Nielsen Pocketpiece Housekeeping

It came to my attention that several of the Nielsen Pocketpieces I initially scanned and posted were missing pages. I recently went back to DC to scan all of the missing pages and I've updated all of the associated posts with the new pages now included. Below is an index of all the Pocketpieces in question and the new pages that have been added.

Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report: August 25 - 31, 1980

Below is a Nielsen Fast Weekly Household Report (FWH) covering the week between the 2nd August 1980 and 1st September 1980 Pocketpiece. Nielsen's Pocketpiece reports only covered 48 weeks out of the year, so there are 4 weeks in which only the FWH report was released. They include an alphabetical list of most programs that aired and and their HH rating information.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1980 - 2nd Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 2nd half of August 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 17, 1980 and August 24, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.

Nielsen Pocketpiece: August 1980 - 1st Report

Below is a full Nielsen pocketpiece covering the 1st half of August 1980. It features the complete Nielsen ratings for all television programs airing in the weeks ending August 3, 1980 and August 10, 1980. The first half of the report includes a full alphabetical list of all programs that aired and their two-week average HH rating/impression. The second half of the report provides HH ratings information for individual telecasts each day.