SMASHWatch is glad TV shows don’t close in Boston.  NBC:  Last night’s SMASH pulled off the trick of being both melodramatic (poisoning! illicit sex!) and remarkably dull, an anticlimactic way to head toward next week’s season finale, and with a church production number to boot that seemed designed to let us know that […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 2 of THE WORLD SERIES stayed at the morning’s 2.9, which put it 0.4 below the final for 2018’s Game 2.  In addition, SEAL TEAM lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was […]

>ABC won going away last night by being the only network in town with a schedule of original episodes.  CBS stayed in the game because their shows repeat at least decently, while FOX and NBC were basically off the air.  The biggest reversal of fortune last night was NBC, which went from a first-place tie […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, down 0.3 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, the only other adjustment was a 0.1 drop for the rerun of THE SIMPSONS. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA dominated Sunday cable at 1.43, up 0.07 from last […]

Here are the full week sports ratings (slowly coming back) for Monday May 25 through Sunday May 31, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.54, down 0.09 from last year’s Game 1. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.27/0.19/0.19. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST moved into its endgame position with a shift to Thursdays, where its episodes were at 0.24/0.20 compared to Sunday’s 0.19.  A rerun followed at 0.16. FOX:  Reruns at […]

> When AMC was done confirming (but not explaining) Frank Darabont’s ex-showrunner status at The Walking Dead and swearing they’ll never, ever do anything like the season finale of The Killing again, they found time at the Television Critics Association gathering today to announce a premiere date for their new drama HELL ON WHEELS.  The […]

  Preliminary box office numbers at Deadline have THE HEAT (20th) overperforming with a $15M Friday, which could give it a $40M opening weekend, almost as much as the movie cost to produce.  That means the first 3 days for the Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy pairing may nearly match the first 4 days of The Hangover […]