No major movements on the night as we await some finales and arrivals over the next few weeks. NBC:  PARENTHOOD, the Rodney Dangerfield of network television, won its hour with a steady 1.9, and was the network’s highest rated show of the night.  (Even though it’s getting a bit contrived as it heads toward next […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.9, steady with last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.78, up 0.07 from last week.  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE was at 0.44/0.40 compared to last […]

The Labor Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday August 30 nationals available Tuesday September 4 at 1 pm Saturday September 1 nationals available […]

  The arrival of NFL Football swamped everything else on the night. NBC:  The opening game of NFL FOOTBALL, currently a 9.0 preliminary adult 18-49 rating from 8:30-11 pm, should go up to around a 10.6 official rating when the west coast viewing is processed properly, which would pass last year’s opening game.  The game […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ROOKIE BLUE gained 0.1 to avoid a series low.  The rest of the news was bad:  HELL’S KITCHEN, GANG RELATED, and all the new episodes of UNDATEABLE were down 0.1 from preliminary ratings. THURSDAY CABLE:  On a night that didn’t feature much new original programming, Adult Swim’s LOITER SQUAD led the evening […]

> According to TV By the Numbers, the season premiere of TRUE BLOOD on Sunday night had 5.4 million viewers (a virtual tie with its all-time high) and a 3.0 rating in 18-49s (slightly below its previous high).  Considering that HBO repeats its shows nonstop through the week and on VOD (a million extra viewers […]

  UPDATE:  The Hollywood Reporter followed up on our story, and interviewed WKYC’s General Manager, who claims that the Matlock preemptions (which will continue next week), are merely to make up for the fact that the Academy Award telecast left Griffith out of its “In Memorium” segment.  (“We thought it would be a nice tribute.”)  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.13 to 0.68, AMERICAN IDOL fell 0.16 to 0.76, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.08 to 0.41. CBS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.06 to 0.56, THE EQUALIZER returned from an off-week up 0.06 to 0.47, NCIS: LA was at 0.44 compared to last week’s 0.39/0.42, and SWAT […]