NETWORK FINALS:  THE CONNERS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s MLB PLAYOFFS game led Tuesday cable at 0.95.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY rose 0.08 to 0.49.  On MTV, TEEN MOM ticked down to […]

  It was a good night for both broadcast and cable last night. With the benefit of a huge football overrun that lasted until the very last moment before the awards were set to begin, the EMMY AWARDS had a 4.9 rating in 18-49s, more than a full point higher than last year’s 3.8 in […]

  The early Friday numbers this week are likely to be even less reliable than usual, since weather conditions on the East Coast make estimates very dicey.  That being said, the preliminary numbers at Deadline make it clear that come blizzard or high water, IDENTITY THIEF (Universal) will be the big winner of the weekend.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  THE BACHELORETTE slipped 0.02 to 0.72, and CLAIM TO FAME was up 0.02 to 0.39. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.26/0.24/0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.02 to 0.37, followed by a WEAKEST LINK rerun at 0.30. FOX:  Returning from a rerun week, DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS dropped 0.06 to 0.27, and BEAT […]

  Due to our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival beginning tomorrow, over the next week, while morning and afternoon charts will be posted on schedule (Nielsen permitting, as yesterday’s and today’s delays underscore), the accompanying text will not be available for some time afterward, at least several hours and possibly even for a day […]

> Monday boxoffice is tricky to analyze, because as you’d expect, the all-time list of Monday grosses is largely a history of long holiday weekends, namely Memorial Day, July 4th, Martin Luther King Day, and Christmas/New Year’s week.  So strictly speaking, THE HUNGER GAMES’ $10.8M gross on its 4th day in theatres is only the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, probably due to sports preemptions, the CW line-up was down across the board, by 0.2 at 8PM and by 0.1/0.1 at 8:30PM and 9PM.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s afternoon coverage […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s SOUTHERN CHARM again led Thursday cable, up a tick to 0.59, with the series finale of GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE down 0.03 to 0.15.  FX’s […]