BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK rose 0.15 to 0.68, outdone by its lead-out 20/20, which had a tremendous performance for the night, jumping 0.55 to 1.02. CBS:  Following a rerun SWAT at 0.33, MAGNUM PI edged up 0.02 to 0.43, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.05 to 0.46. NBC:  THE WALL dropped 0.06 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE ROOKIE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  KILLING EVE returned to AMC and BBCAmerica at respectively 0.14/0.12, compared to last season’s premiere on the same networks at 0.15/0.10.  HBO offered a stark demonstration that viewers […]

  Should CW start worrying about THE FLASH? DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

        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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no good news for SUPERGIRL, which stayed at 1.7 in final numbers.  About the only positive was that the show was rock-steady at that number in all of its quarter-hours, so the viewers that are still there seem to be satisfied.  CBS can console itself with a 0.1 rise for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DATELINE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not surprisingly, the Independence Day Eve Mount Rushmore address boosted Fox News to the top of Friday cable, with FOX NEWS AT NIGHT at 0.53/0.86/5.4M, and with […]

> The last dull night of network TV for 4 weeks. ABC:  With MODERN FAMILY airing a repeat (as well as THE MIDDLE and SUBURGATORY), DON’T TRUST THE B– IN APT 23 crashed to a 2.0 rating.  That was a bit higher than Happy Endings had done after Family reruns, but those reruns had rated […]

> FOX has added its season finales to the pile, which include an evening-long farewell to HOUSE.  Here’s the schedule: Tuesday April 17 9:30PM:  RAISING HOPE (Note:  after Hope‘s season finale, BREAKING IN will take over its timeslot for 3 weeks, although Breaking will still have a few unaired episodes after that, which will probably […]