NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.05 to 0.71, with the preceding clip show up 0.02 to 0.34.  On Discovery, there’s a discrepency in our […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 10.5.  In addition, BOB’S BURGERS adjusted to 2.1 and BLESS THE HARTS to 1.0.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s THE OUTSIDER premiered at an OK 0.18/0.15.  By comparison, WATCHMEN launched at 0.25. Starz’s […]

      NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no news for SECOND CHANCE in final numbers.  However, MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1, and CODE BLACK lost the same.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL took the night at 1.15–but while that was up 0.30 from […]

  A show like REVENGE is supposed to glory in its Season Finales.  It’s the one time when things can really happen:  characters can die, plotlines can resolve, shocking surprises can be introduced.  In a way a season finale is a gut check for a serialized show’s producers–just how far will they dare to go?  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of sports meant lots of adjustments:  ABC’s NBA game to 1.4, NBC’s NHL ALL-STAR GAME to 0.6, and FOX’s PREMIER BOXING to 0.5.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.81 /0.42 /0.33/0.21.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

NOTE: This was another night where half a dozen NFL exhibition football games inflated the preliminary ratings, making week-to-week comparisons pointless.  We’ll hold our analysis for our Network Update post on Monday afternoon. Tonight’s major event is the season finale of POWER on Starz. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS game adjusted up to 1.7 in final numbers.  The only other change was a 0.1 drop for the ODD COUPLE rerun.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports led on Thursday cable as well, as Univision’s Mexico […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). The same rank order for the broadcast networks this week as last: FOX, CBS, NBC and ABC. Collectively, the four networks are down a slight -3% from last week, but they are down a staggering […]