NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The STATE OF THE UNION address was a blockbuster on Fox News, at 1.47/2.22/11.6M, while the DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE led CNN at 0.58/0.80/2.9M and MSNBC at 0.34/0.47/2.8M.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things are getting ugly at ABC’s Monday, where DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR lost 0.1 in finals from their already low numbers.  In addition, THE VOICE gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL […]

  PaleyFest tried something a little different tonight as part of a rambunctious celebration of COMMUNITY, replacing the usual screening with a live table read that featured most of the regular cast, aside from Donald Glover and–of course–Chevy Chase (Fred Willard subbed for Chase).  Slightly disappointingly, the episode read was last month’s series premiere, so […]

  Nominations have just been announced for the 64th annual Emmy Awards.  The full list is here; below is a rundown of some of the major categories and early thoughts: BEST DRAMA Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Downton Abbey Game Of Thrones Homeland Mad Men This is the first time in memory that no Drama nominee […]

The MLK holiday will cause delays for daily nationals ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few days.  This is how the ratings should roll out this week.  We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday Jan 15 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday Jan 19 at 1 pm (normally Monday afternoon) Saturday Jan 16 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Jan 20 at 6 am (normally […]

> For many years, the National Board of Review has been the self-appointed first group on the calendar to announce awards for Best Picture and other categories.  The NBR is sort of like the Golden Globes without super-powers; they’re 110 people tangentially related to the world of film whom you’ve never heard of and whose […]

NBC Monday inched up a tenth of a rating point from the last two weeks — a very solid night top to bottom.  CBS appears to have had a good night (the best Monday in three weeks), but that 2.8 rating is probably inflated by at least two tenths of a rating point because of […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 boost for the rerun of MAT FRANCO’S GOT MAGIC. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK jumped 0.23 to take Wednesday cable with 1.12, a rating that may have driven THE […]