NETWORK FINALS:  TO TELL THE TRUTH fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a close race for the Monday cable lead, but VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP prevailed despite a one-tenth drop to 1.08, with lead-out BASKETBALL WIVES […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and BOB’S BURGERS, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the rerun of THE SIMPSONS each lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD again led Sunday cable, down 0.02 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BIG BANG THEORY rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.49/1.40.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP gained 0.04 to 0.79, and TI & TINY was up 0.02 to 0.49.  […]

> Don’t get too excited about that increase in SMASH‘s 18-49 rating last night, because it just vanished.  In the final Nielsen numbers, Smash came back down to the same 2.3 number it had last week.  (Castle was also lowered a tenth of a point.)   The lower number is nothing to panic about.  The final […]

The softness of MEN IN BLACK 3‘s (Sony) appeal noted in Mitch Metcalf’s predictions for this weekend seems to be very real.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, and contrary to much more bullish forecasts elsewhere, MIB3 is heading for a mediocre $18M at the Friday boxoffice.  (By way of comparison, last year The Hangover […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.29/0.29/0.30/0.30. CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.06 to 0.85, and THE CHALLENGE was steady at 0.42.  A SWAT rerun was at 0.20. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rose 0.07 to 0.61, and PASSWORD was down 0.05 to 0.41.  A CHICAGO PD rerun was at 0.23. FOX:  MASTERCHEF ticked up to 0.46. […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT lost 0.1 in final numbers, and JANE THE VIRGIN gained the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On A&E, BATES MOTEL returned at 0.66, up 0.08 from last season’s finale (but down 0.02 from the prior episode, and off 0.26 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Friday cable, although it fell 0.15 from last week to 0.56, and the clip-show lead-in hour was […]