NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 and GRIMM gained 0.1 in final Friday ratings, but CRISTELA fell by the same amount.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): GOLD RUSH (Discovery) lost a tick to 1.42, but remained easily on top of Friday cable, […]

  Due to our upcoming Sundance Film Festival coverage, ratings posts for the remainder of the week are likely to consist largely of charts without text.  In addition, we may not be able to respond promptly to reader Comments requests for extra ratings.  (On the other hand, Sundance reviews!)

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for THE GOLDBERGS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.48/0.37.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE ticked up to 0.44.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY slipped 0.02 to […]

> With the help of some online bookmaking sites, we have the latest “official” odds for tonight’s Emmy Awards.  Let’s take a look about what they say about the conventional wisdom, and make some adjustmentswhere they don’t make sense. BEST COMEDY SERIES Bookie Odds: Modern Family – 1:7 The Office – 8:1 30 Rock – […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers for CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage brought the night’s games down to 1.8/1.6.  However, that was still far higher than last year’s adjusted 1.0/1.3.  Elsewhere, the only change was a 0.1 drop for REIGN that brought the show to a less than royal 0.3. Ratings in key demos for the Top […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday October 12 through Sunday October 18, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 0.06 from last week’s final.  Football also affected FOX, where 9-1-1 adjusted up 0.3 to 2.6, and both reruns of FAMILY GUY and REL lost 0.1.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, and both 60 MINUTES and the NCIS: LA rerun dropped […]

  Kyle Killen’s Lone Star and Awake were two of the most ambitious network series of recent years–and two of the most resounding flops.  He has to be hoping that his third time (and third network) is the charm, with ABC’s TBD midseason series MIND GAMES.  It features Steve Zahn and Christian Slater as brothers […]