BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL ticked up to 0.74, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.06 to 0.44. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD was steady at 0.63, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA ticked up to 0.52.  NCIS ticked down to 0.54, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.03 to 0.49. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST took a sharp 0.15 […]

> UPDATE:  Both GLEE and PARENTHOOD avoided their worst fates for the night.  In final national numbers, each show’s rating increased by 0.1, just enough to keep GLEE at 3.0 and PARENTHOOD at 2.0.  Indeed, the final ratings fairies were doubly kind to PARENTHOOD, because BODY OF PROOF went down slightly, meaning that PARENTHOOD managed […]

  It was a slooooooooow Sunday on network TV. CBS:  BIG BROTHER claimed the highest number of the night on any network, but its 1.8 was down a discouraging 0.7 from last week.  UNFORGETTABLE hit a new low 1.0, down 0.1. NBC:  On its last Sunday before the return of regular-season football, the network could […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY dropped 0.14 to 0.40.  The series finale of BLACK-ISH fell 0.06 to 0.37, with a post-show special at 0.26.  TO TELL THE TRUTH was down 0.04 to 0.27. CBS:  FBI lost 0.07 to 0.56, FBI: INTERNATIONAL ticked down to 0.53, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.06 to […]

> Earlier this afternoon, final national ratings for last Friday were released, and once they confirmed that GRIMM had pulled a 1.6 rating, even with the previous week (and just 0.1 out of first place for its hour), NBC reacted like it had found its own American Idol.   Not only did the show get its […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday November 10-11, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, November 11-12, […]

Updated weekly chart:

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 fell 0.12 to 0.48, GREY’S ANATOMY plunged 0.16 to 0.49, and BIG SKY was down 0.04 to 0.22. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, YOUNG SHELDON edged up 0.02 to 0.64, and the now-canceled UNITED STATES OF AL was up 0.08 to 0.50.  The also-canceled HOW WE ROLL was […]