> Jersey Shore’s reign at the top of the weekly cable chart is over.  The NFL double-header on ESPN’s Monday Night Football saw to that.  The early game started at 7:00 ET and scored a 6.3 demo rating, down from last year’s ESPN opener but still potent.  The later game, featuring a late start time […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY rerun.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ORIGINALS:  With no GOLD RUSH on Discovery, Lifetime’s BRING IT took the night’s cable title, up 0.07 from last week to […]

  NOTE:  Season-To-Date and Weekly Network Ratings Charts Are Below Something remarkable happened last Thursday night:  with a 1.3 rating, CW’s THE VAMPIRE DIARIES outrated the entire NBC line-up.  The reason that’s notable isn’t just because of the seemingly bottomless misery of the Peacock on Thursdays, but because Vampire Diaries, in its 4th season, is […]

  ABC needs to dig its way out of 4th place next season, and no one can say they’re not putting in the effort.  Every night of the week in the fall will have be changed except Mondays, and the network is introducing a whopping 8 new series, which will definitely put a strain on […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The special TOGETHER AS ONE was at 0.27, and 20/20 dropped 0.07 to 0.28. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME ticked down to 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.19/0.21. NBC:  The season finale of THE BLACKLIST was at 0.24, up a tick from last week and up 0.02 from the 2021 finale […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 25: June 13-19, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, due to local NFL PRESEASON preemptions, we held our network ratings analysis for final numbers.  Comparisons are to last week unless otherwise noted: ABC:  The back-to-back season finale episodes of HOLEY MOLEY were at 0.6/0.5, compared to last week’s 0.5 hour.  REEF BREAK gained […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CHICAGO FIRE lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the PERSON OF INTEREST rerun, while the rerun of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained a tenth. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL game eked out a narrow victory […]