666 PARK AVENUE:  Sunday 10PM on ABC   WHAT IT’S SAYING:  The Devil’s Advocate, Rosemary’s Baby and The Shining in a stunning NY apartment, and fielding an all-star team of ABC veterans (Terry O’Quinn, Vanessa Williams, Dave Annable, Rachael Taylor).  

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 16 and Sunday August 17, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Golf PGA Tour: Wyndham Championship 1.0 rating CBS 3:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (+14% from 0.9 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.9, down half a point from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, SUPERMARKET SWEEP and the movie COMING TO AMERICA gained 0.1 in final numbers, while 60 MINUTES and CARD SHARKS lost the same.  For the curious, the rounded zero for THE OUTPOST was actually 0.03.  […]

  The bombs burst in midair for NBC on July 4th. NBC:  There are fireworks, and then there is the MACY’S 4TH OF JULY SPECTACULAR, by far the highest rated show of the night with a 1.7 (although that was down from 2.1 last year).  The 2d highest?  A rerun of the same show the […]

  NOTE:  Updated throughout with official studio Christmas Day estimates. Americans unwrapped their presents and headed out to the multiplex on Christmas Day (or to a nearby indie theatre, in the case of The Interview) according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, making for an extremely healthy holiday. UNBROKEN (Universal/Legendary) needed a strong box office performance […]

>With a full week of ratings for the May Sweep in (Thursday-Tuesday’s official ratings and Wednesday’s fast national ratings), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when ratings are measured locally in each of the 214 television markets across the country.  FOX has a decent lead over […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a SHARK TANK rerun at 0.30, there were 2 episodes of 20/20 at 0.48/0.43. CBS:  A RACE AGAINST TIME special was st 0.31, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.17. NBC:  An AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun at 0.30 was followed by DATELINE at 0.33. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.03 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, THE GOOD DOCTOR, and ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although ESPN’s CFP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME was by far the highest rated TV on Monday, at 5.05 […]