In response to popular demand, we’re introducing a NEW FEATURE today: a Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings chart which includes final Total Viewers for each show.  We have a limited ability to make revisions to the format (a side-by-side comparison of morning and afternoon ratings isn’t doable, for example), but would appreciate any thoughts and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There was some shuffling in the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION ratings, as both NBC and CBS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and ABC lost the same.  Also down 0.1 were the reruns of the MADTV 20TH ANNIVERSARY special and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD OF DANCE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE RATINGS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN (which will move to FOX in October 2019) topped Tuesday cable, despite a 0.14 drop to 0.64, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST down to 0.39 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 2 had a smaller adjustment in finals than Game 1, up 0.3 to 4.2, which left it down 0.6 from 2016’s Game 2.  Elsewhere, DESIGNATED SURVIVOR fell 0.1 to a new low 0.7, and THE BLACKLIST also lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE PROPOSAL lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY rerun gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the MLB HOME RUN DERBY led Monday cable at 1.82, with the lead-out CELEBRITY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF and the SVU rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the ARROW rerun lost the same.  Note that in finals, SALVATION was rated as a 2-hour show with a rating of 0.5.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The midseason […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A special hour keyed to the 200th episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY pushed TBS’s CONAN to the top of Wednesday cable at 0.63.  It was tied with Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS game went up 0.2 to 1.4 in final numbers, and CW’s run of the movie MEMORIAL DAY gained 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The official numbers for TNT’s Game 7 of the Western Conference NBA PLAYOFFS […]