The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 2 and Sunday August 3, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Golf: PGA WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 1.9 rating CBS 2:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (-37% from 3.0 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE RAW was at 0.73/0.71/0.68 compared to last week’s 0.87/0.82/0.68, and BRIARPATCH was at 0.20 in its new timeslot, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of specials:  a rerun of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN at 0.44, CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS at 0.26 (down 0.15 from the 2021 installment), and SUPERSTAR at 0.19. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since November 10.  YOUNG SHELDON slipped 0.02 to 0.55, GHOSTS ticked down to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, ABC’s shows adjusted sharply down because of local station simulcasts of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.  That left the DANCING WITH THE STARS premiere down half a point to 2.1, although that was still steady with the Fall 2015 premiere.  The finale of THE $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.4 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got worse for AQUARIUS and HANNIBAL in final numbers, as both lost 0.1 to hit new lows of 0.2 and 0.3 respectively.  The rerun of RUNNING WILD was also down 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO insists on listing its premieres of theatrical movies as “originals,” which is why THE MAZE RUNNER appears […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE WORLD’S BEST and MATCH GAME lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Duke vs. UNC COLLEGE BASKETBALL game dominated Wednesday cable at 1.73, with the early game (Louisville […]

Last night was dominated by ESPN, whose airing of the BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME may beat all the broadcast networks combined, despite a number that trailed off as Alabama’s irreversible destruction of Notre Dame became clear.  18-49 numbers aren’t yet available, but early household ratings indicate the game could be up 10% from 2012, when it […]

  The remarkably nutty LUCY (Universal)–more Transcendence than La Femme Nikita–connected with audiences in a big way on Friday, with $16-17M (including $2.75M from Thursday night) according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere.  That makes it one of the biggest non-franchise action movies of the summer.  Although word of mouth is uncertain once ticket […]