BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.07 to 0.59, and 20/20 was up 0.05 to 0.46. CBS:  Reruns at 0.21/0.22/0.21. NBC:  US FIGURE SKATING was at 0.20. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN jumped 0.12 to 0.67. CW:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US ticked up to 0.09, and MAGIC WITH THE STARS was up a tick to […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Things improved very slightly for ABC, as MODERN FAMILY, MIXOLOGY and NASHVILLE all tiptoed up an additional 0.1.  The latter two bumps at least had symbolic value, as MIXOLOGY no longer lost more than half its lead-in, and NASHVILLE entered a tie with CHICAGO PD for its hour. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  THE AMERICANS […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 1 ended up adjusted to 4.2, a bit below where we anticipated but still 0.6 above last year’s Game 1.  Nothing else moved more than 0.1 from the morning numbers, but it’s noteworthy that THE TOMORROW PEOPLE edged up to 0.7, a more solid CW number, and since MODERN […]

  FRIDAY STARZ:  It doesn’t appear as though DA VINCI’S DEMONS is going to be a gamechanger for Starz, as the series debuted with a tame 0.4 in 18-49s, about half of the total viewership of 1M.  That was coming off a 0.6 rating for the series finale of SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED, which […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN scored a gargantuan 4.89 with its NBA PLAYOFFS Game 7, towering over everything else on cable or broadcast.  On TLC, 90-DAY FIANCE was steady at 0.39, and LOST […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 12 through Sunday July 18, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

>American Idol is still way down from last year, but last night’s episode ticked from the past few weeks.  But The Voice also had a good week — so Idol remains behind the pace of the upstart singing show.  NBC shuffled Wednesday again, giving Rock Center yet another time period.  But the news magazine and […]

> The third week of a network season is a critical one.  Ratings erosion after a series or season premiere is expected and even acceptable, because it’s understood that not every viewer drawn by hype and marketing will be a satisfied customer.  But a continued fall in Week 3 can be a sign of trouble, […]