NETWORK FINALS:  MATCH GAME rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, up 0.08 to 0.73.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was at 0.57.  The season finale of History’s VIKINGS gained 0.02 to 0.53, and […]

  Network regimes come and go, ratings rise and (recently) fall, but one thing has been consistent at NBC for almost a quarter-century:  the presence of producer Dick Wolf and his LAW & ORDER franchise.  Hard times have come to L&O, and what was once a powerhouse triple-feature for the network is now just SVU, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and CHARMED lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 2.01 (for the first Lakers game after Kobe Bryant’s death)/0.63.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.53/0.35 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MANIFEST lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.78/0.69/0.64 compared to last week’s 0.63/0.61/0.51, and BRIARPATCH was up 0.03 to 0.16.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s THE STORY at 0.77/1.08/5.5M, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AGENTS OF SHIELD, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Disney Channel’s DESCENDANTS 3 resoundingly took the Friday cable title with a 1.10 rating.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH again topped Friday cable, up 0.05 from last week to 1.01, with lead-out THE WHEEL up 0.06 to 0.40.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Of course AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD towered over the rest of Sunday cable. But its 5.42 rating, while up 0.54 from last week, was down a […]

  We’ve had a second week of ratings to examine, and it’s time once again to ask:  How goes the war?  And what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? ANYTHING OVER 1.5 IS THE NEW 2.5.  NBC and FOX have given back orders to a total of 5 shows (REVOLUTION, […]