NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for NY baseball preemption, CW’s line-up fell to 0.2/0.2 for WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and 0.1 for the series finale of LIFE SENTENCE.  In addition, 20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy’s […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 28 and Sunday September 29, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 5 Top Games on Saturday 4.9 rating CBS 3:30 pm #6 LSU at #9 Georgia 4.1 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 6th and final game of the NBA FINALS was up 0.33 from Monday’s Game 5 to 4.32. CBS:  Reruns at 0.30/0.25/0.24/0.22/0.22. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.26/0.24. FOX:  Reruns at 0.25/0.21. CW:  WALKER ticked down to 0.11.  The series finale of LEGACIES was at 0.09, down a tick from last week and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS fell 0.24 to 0.41 (without an afternoon basketball boost).  AMERICAN IDOL similarly fell 0.14 to 0.51, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was down 0.04 to 0.20. CBS:  With the final round of the Masters as lead-in, 60 MINUTES more than doubled last week, up 0.43 to 0.85.  […]

> The Saturday drop for PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 turned out to be very much in line with Paranormal 2‘s.  Paramount is estimating a better Sunday hold than the second installment had; if the result is instead the same as last time, the weekend gross will dip below $54M, but to a still-giant number.  Paranormal 3 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS, aided by an NBA PLAYOFFS lead-in, jumped two-tenths to 0.72.  A 3-hour AMERICAN IDOL dipped 0.03 to 0.70. CBS:  60 MINUTES fell 0.36 from last week’s Masters-boosted score to 0.55.  THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.56, NCIS: LA rose 0.13 to 0.57, and SWAT was up 0.04 […]

  OPENINGS:  MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (Disney) had a weak $36M start in the US, down 48% from the $69.4 opening of the first Maleficent 3 years ago.  If Mistress of Evil manages the same multiple as its predecessor, it could reach $125M in the US, but that may be a stretch, because Maleficent opened […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week (4/17-19), our afternoon cable posts, which usually go up around 1:30PM PDT, will likely be posted around 5PM PDT, with text to follow.   NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]