BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  THE BACHELOR was at 0.44, followed by a rerun at 0.15. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, the FBI franchise had the mothership down 0.07 to 0.45, INTERNATIONAL down 0.06 to 0.34, and MOST WANTED steady at 0.34. NBC:  NIGHT COURT fell 0.12 to 0.43, AMERICAN AUTO dropped 0.09 to 0.27, […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  Beginning tomorrow, and for the next 2 weeks, charts will be posted as usual, but text and responses to comments will be spotty and delayed for travel reasons. NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and the rerun of MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.21/0.22/0.17/0.24. CBS:  BIG BROTHER inched up 0.02 to 0.87, and THE CHALLENGE was down 0.03 to 0.39.  A SWAT rerun was at 0.17. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked down to 0.60,and a run of the initial episode of the Peacock series THE RESORT was at 0.28.  A CHICAGO PD […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game gained 0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.71/1.56.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.05 to 0.63.  ESPN’s continuing coverage of the NFL DRAFT was at 0.46, and NFL […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers and the finale of THE ISLAND lost the same.  In addition, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY fell 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not even Shark Week could keep VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP from the top of Monday cable, up 0.02 to 1.58, with its AFTERPARTY up 0.08 to 1.15, […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers (and the mini-JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE adjusted to 1.2).  Elsewhere, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1, but both REIGN and the new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.         […]

  The Grammy Awards had no trouble singing its song last night. CBS:  THE GRAMMY AWARDS were down slightly (0.2) from last year to 9.9 in adjusted numbers, probably because the show ran so far past primetime to an Oscar-level 11:45PM.  The night started with 2.1 for 60 MINUTES, a solid number now that football […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the 8PM half-hour of 60 MINUTES lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On HBO, LAST WEEK TONIGHT slipped 0.02 to 0.19, the season finale of INSECURE was at 0.18, […]