NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable at 0.61/0.51.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE jumped 0.17 to 0.50, with the AFTER-SHOW at 0.23, and the lead-in RIDICULOUSNESS at 0.21/0.20.  […]

  SYFY:  The multiplatform DEFIANCE is the biggest project Syfy has tried to launch in quite a while, and its debut was fair if not overwhelming with a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo (only about 45% of the 2.7M total viewers were under 50, which may reflect the old-west flavor of the drama), plus another […]

> A few notes: these projections are for original episodes (no repeats) aired in the 4th quarter of 2011.  Series premieres will likely be .3-.4 higher, thanks to network marketing pushes, and then tend to go down over time.  We’ll be updating the numbers after we see full pilots and also as we get a […]

  V/H/S, which screened as part of Sundance’s Park City At Midnight series, is a gimmick piled upon a gimmick. First is the horror anthology itself, familiar from the Twilight Zone movie and Rod Serling’s Night Gallery TV show, among many others.  In this case, half a dozen unrelated short films, each from a different […]

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  NETWORK UPDATE:  BEYOND THE TANK rose 0.1 in final numbers, which meant it impressively held onto 100% of its SHARK TANK lead-in.  In addition, THE AMAZING RACE climbed 0.1, but CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was well-represented in Friday’s Top 10, with 2 feeds of the NFL Draft (ESPN2’s at 0.84 […]

>With over $3 billion of summer box office through Wednesday, only $53 million separates Teams Metcalf and Salem.  Metcalf’s slate of movies leads with $1.59 billion versus $1.54 billion for Salem’s.  Only one film (30 Minutes or Less) is left to open, and Salem should enjoy a strong second weekend for Rise of the Planet […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 12 through Sunday September 13, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the comparable weekend last year. NFL: Week 1 […]