NETWORK UPDATE:  The US OPEN adjusted up by 0.2 to 1.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS received a 0.1 bump. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE grew impressively during the course of its first season, and it picked up almost where it had left off, with a 1.42 rating compared […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 4.9, down 0.1 from last week’s game.  In addition, there were 0.1 bumps for GREY’S ANATOMY and SCANDAL in final numbers (but HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER stayed put).     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  For once, the NFL Network slice of […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  MIKE & MOLLY gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Golden State vs. Chicago NBA game took the Wednesday cable crown with 0.84; the late Atlanta vs. Portland game was at 0.50.  Otherwise, it was A&E’s night, as the two-episode premieres of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER and CHICAGO MED gained 0.1 in final numbers, while ALMOST FAMILY and SINGLE PARENTS lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The MLB WILD CARD game was again at the top of cable, this time on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 9.1, up 0.7 from the final number for the 2016 premiere game.  THE ORVILLE’s premiere adjusted up 0.4 to 2.7, but there’s an asterisk because Nielsen counted two plays on the west coast, one simulcast with the east after football, and the other at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 increases aplenty for CBS and ABC, with bumps for SURVIVOR, CRIMINAL MINDS, THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY–although in ABC’s case, that didn’t make up for their losses from their last airings.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The FOX PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (St. Louis vs. Tenn) adjusted to 1.7.  After NFL overruns were removed, the whole CBS line-up came down, 60 MINUTES by 0.3 and BIG BROTHER as well as the reruns of MADAM SECRETARY and CSI: CYBER by 0.2 each.  The HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT rerun lost 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 and the rerun of SUPERSTORE lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The 6PM White House briefing hour led cable news, with Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at 0.70/1.05/6.4M and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.51/0.72/2.7M, and with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]