As people began to find other ways to spend their holiday week, it was a lousy night for network television. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest-rated show of the night with a 2.3 and gave NBC the win, but it was down 0.3 from last week. OFF THEIR ROCKERS hit a new low […]
BROADCAST FINALS: ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led Saturday at 1.17. NBC’s SNL was at 0.92, down 0.05 from last week. CW’s originals were at 0.07/0.06. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: COLLEGE FOOTBALL once again dominated Saturday cable, but it was ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY, not any game, on top […]
> j It’s taken this long for full ratings to be released from yesterday, mostly because of FOX’s baseball coverage. And as Mitch Metcalf just reported, tonight is going to be a disaster for FOX as well, with a rain delay in what was supposed to be an afternoon game likely meaning the evening’s scheduled […]
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BROADCAST FINALS: Primetime was led by ABC’s NBA game at 0.75, although the highest-rated programming of the day was CBS’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 1.31. The first fresh episode of NBC’s SNL in several weeks was at 0.96. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s telecast of the HEISMAN […]
>A sub-par Sunday Night Football game turned in a 5.7 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals last night on NBC. The game will probably go up to a 6.0 or 6.1 in the official nationals, enough to win the night but far away from the 10 rating for competitive games. FOX benefited from a 6.7 […]
Sadly, if not surprisingly, the most notable development on TV last night was the quick dissipation of any promise from last week’s premiere that The Newsroom had learned from its Season 1 mistakes, as its insufferable self-righteousness (the 9/11 flashback) and unspeakable rom-com contortions (the laundromat excursion) were on full display. Ah well. Meanwhile, to the […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Midseason continued to arrive on the networks, as THE BACHELOR premiered at 0.84, down a hefty 0.49 from the January 2021 premiere. It was followed by reruns at 0.35/0.24. CBS: Airing for the first time since December 6, THE NEIGHBORHOOD dropped 0.09 to 0.54, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA gained 0.02 to 0.51, […]