BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK slipped 0.02 to 0.48, and 20/20 was down 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  A pair of GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS specials was at 0.20/0.18.  A BLUE BLOODS rerun ended the night at 0.24. NBC:  A run of the movie SING (tying in with the sequel’s release this week) was at 0.39, […]

  OPENINGS:  The spectacular success of SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (Marvel/Columbia/Sony) may have less to say about the box office overall than some would like to think.  No Way Home vaporized all pandemic-era records with a $253M weekend that was 2.8x the previous Covid high ($90M for Venom: Let There Be Carnage), becoming the #1 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  On midseason finale night, STATION 19 rose 0.07 to 0.62, GREY’S ANATOMY climbed 0.07 to 0.61, and BIG SKY was down 0.03 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.27/0.29/0.24/0.22. NBC:  After a WOMEN OF WORTH special at 0.18, a run of the COAT OF MANY COLORS movie was at 0.20. FOX:  THURSDAY […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of reruns at 0.45/0.37/0.23/0.23/0.25. CBS:  The season finale of SURVIVOR was at 0.99, up 0.08 from last week, but down from 1.6 for the last finale in May 2020.  The SURVIVOR REUNION special was at 0.69. NBC:  Another night of sitcom specials, this time holiday-themed, had YOUNG ROCK at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE returned to Tuesday, up 0.04 to 0.69.  QUEENS fell a tenth from last week to 0.24. CBS:  FBI climbed 0.13 to 0.75, and FBI: MOST WANTED (airing in the 9PM slot) jumped 0.19 to 0.69, followed by a rerun at 0.37. NBC:  The network again aired preview episodes of […]

Updated with corrected ABC-only numbers for NFL Monday Night Football. BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL aired on both broadcast and cable networks, and ABC’s portion was at 1.86. CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.33/0.27/0.24 NBC:  THE VOICE gained 0.02 to 0.73.  It was followed by 2 preview episodes of the upcoming sitcom AMERICAN AUTO at 0.36/0.27. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS aired for the first time in 2 weeks and dropped 0.14 to 0.39.  CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE slipped 0.02 to 0.36, SUPERMARKET SWEEP gained 0.05 to 0.34, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.02 to 0.28. CBS:  The network again had the late national NFL game, and 60 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime was led by ABC’s NBA game at 0.75, although the highest-rated programming of the day was CBS’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 1.31.  The first fresh episode of NBC’s SNL in several weeks was at 0.96.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s telecast of the HEISMAN […]