AMC:  If a 6% decline to 4.9 (plus 1.7 for the 10PM rebroadcast) can be considered an “off” week, then THE WALKING DEAD was off this Sunday.  That 6.6 total will still be second only to Sunday Night Football in all of television for the week, although football’s lead is more lopsided this week, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, Season 3 of THE SINNER premiered at 0.19, down 0.12 from the Season 2 premiere.  BRIARPATCH launched at 0.09.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.96 […]

  Although both fairy-tale inspired dramas that were introduced to network TV last fall have been renewed for 2d seasons, there’s no comparison in quality between Once Upon A Time and GRIMM.  Once has created a captivating, complex narrative of parallel universes and the loves and hates that reach across them, while Grimm is far […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE gained an extra 0.1 in final numbers, but the already-canceled THE MESSENGERS fell 0.1 to a tiny 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader ruled the night at 1.99/1.20.  Discovery’s BERING SEA GOLD was up a tick to 0.54, and UNEARTHED was down a tick […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ALL-STAR GAME adjusted to 3.1 in final numbers.  In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT swapped 0.1, the first up and the second down. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS gained two-tenths to take the Tuesday cable lead at 1.01.  THE DEADLIEST CATCH didn’t air last week due to […]

CBS Sports continues its springtime roll, with The Masters coverage over the weekend up about 25% from last year.  Sunday’s final round hit an impressive 10.2 household rating in the 56 local markets measured by Nielsen (covering 70% of the country). NASCAR on Saturday night on FOX averaged a 3.5 household rating, down a tenth […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK dipped 0.06 to 0.43, GENERATION GAP dropped 0.09 to 0.30, and THE CON was down 0.08 to 0.23. CBS:  BIG BROTHER slipped 0.03 to 0.76, sandwiched between reruns at 0.29/0.28/0.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.20/0.22/0.19. FOX:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 0.82. CW:  BUMP gained 0.02 to 0.06, then after a […]

  Not a lot of drama in the preliminary numbers for this weekend’s big TV events. On Saturday, SNL made its season debut with guest host Seth MacFarlane and musical guest Frank Ocean, and had a 2.8 rating in 18-49s, a tick above last year’s season premiere.  In total households, the rating was 4.8, down […]