NETWORK FINALS:  Unusually, ABC’s shows didn’t decline after adjustment for NFL preemption.  However, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, which had no such excuse, did lose 0.1.  In addition, ARROW gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY gained 0.02 to 0.40, THE CHASE ticked down to 0.35, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was down 0.02 to 0.21. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.30/0.31. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rose 0.09 to 0.73, and DANCING WITH MYSELF was up 0.09 to 0.39. FOX:  Reruns at 0.18/0.11. CW:  After a rerun […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.3, and FOX’s game to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the NATIONAL DOG SHOW lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game topped Saturday cable at 1.26, with earlier games […]

Last night’s Olympic primetime coverage on NBC averaged a turgid 3.5 adult 18-49 rating from 8:00-11:00 pm in the fast nationals.  The 8:00 half hour will almost certainly be excluded from the ratings, as they have on this night for most previous Winter Olympics on NBC.  When that adjustment is made the primetime number will […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER and MOTIVE each gained 0.1 in final numbers. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  WE’s entry into original scripted programming wasn’t very auspicious, with a 0.07 rating for the debut of THE DIVIDE.  (It went up to 0.1 with additional runs, and in the network’s core audience of Women 50+, it was all the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NASCAR coverage adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 and the CSI: CYBER rerun lost the same.  BACHELOR IN PARADISE notched an extra 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Both AMC and HBO took the holiday weekend off, making for some unusual appearances at the top of Sunday’s list.  The season […]

  OPENINGS:  BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN (Lionsgate) took the weekend with $21.7M, down 24% from last year’s first Boo.  That puts it behind all the previous Madea openings except A Madea Christmas, which had the entire holiday corridor for its run.  Last year’s installment had an exceptionally good Weekend 2 hold, down just 40% […]

Thanks to the State of the Union Address, there was virtually no original programming on the broadcast networks last night. ABC:  You’d think things were set up perfectly for THE TASTE to overperform, with nothing but reruns against it in the pre-speech 8PM slot, but it only managed to tie CBS for the hour, falling […]