NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT and REIGN both fell 0.1 in final numbers, putting REIGN at a particularly ugly 0.2.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT held the night’s reins with its pair of NBA PLAYOFFS games, Golden State vs. Portland at 2.56 and Toronto vs. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NLCS MLB PLAYOFFS game dominated Friday cable at 1.13.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.54.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH returned at 0.48, with a lead-in hour at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the STAND UP TO CANCER special aired without commercials, Nielsen didn’t include it in final numbers.  Beyond that, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cinemax’s QUARRY premiered at a lackluster 0.06.  The […]

        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:  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 […]