BROADCAST FINALS (Due to last week’s election coverage, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted) ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE ticked up to 0.50, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was down 0.04 to 0.21. CBS:  New episodes aired for the first time since October 18, with FBI down 0.03 to 0.50, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  DANCING WITH THE STARS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and so did the 2d hour of THE FOLLOWING.  There were no adjustments for THE VOICE or any of the season finales. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader led the night with the late game at 2.13, the earlier game a few slots behind […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 10 through Sunday December 16, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, NFL adjustments lowered ABC’s THE LAST DAYS OF PHIL HARTMAN by 0.1 and FOX’s MLB game by 0.2.  In addition, THE OUTPOST and the 9PM TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s […]

  Cable ratings will be fragmentary until tomorrow, but here are some numbers worth noting: MAD MEN‘s Season 6 finale was, despite some viewers’ misgivings about this season, the show’s highest-rated finale ever, with 2.7M total viewers.  (AMC didn’t release 18-49 numbers, but Mad Men has always skewed old.)  That was 200,000 more viewers than […]

  A TO Z:  Thursday 9:30PM on NBC THE FACTS:  The title refers to Andrew (Ben Feldman) and Zelda (Cristin Milioti), who both work at an online dating company, and who, since this is a rom-com, are of course fated for each other.  The series creator is Ben Queen, whose first series this is, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.83 (Golden State vs. Boston)/0.52 (Houston vs. Toronto).  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND edged up 0.02 to 0.77, and PROJECT BLUE BOOK […]

  UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS excluded the 8PM half-hour (no commercials) and by that means was able to adjust up to 5.0 for the rest of primetime. TUESDAY CABLE:  TEEN MOM (MTV) led the night with 1.4, up 0.1 from last week.  BEING MARY JANE (BET) was likewise up 0.1 to 1.3, tied for 2d place […]