THE 100:  Wednesday 9PM on CW – Worth A Look THE 100 has promise, although it needs some work.  Based on a series of YA novels by Kass Morgan, the premise borrows liberally from Lord of the Flies, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, The Hunger Games, and any number of post-apocalyptic dystopian tales.  In the future, […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  An assortment of small adjustments.  On ABC, the MARVEL: ASSEMBLING THE UNIVERSE special and THE GOLDBERGS both gained 0.1, while on NBC, THE VOICE (which usually runs until 9:01PM) was up 0.1 while ABOUT A BOY lost the corresponding 0.1.  Both PERSON OF INTEREST and SUPERNATURAL ticked up 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE […]

  Although last night’s launch of DANCING WITH THE STARS will dampen things a bit, ABC is in better shape now than it’s been for months.  Last week’s averages included 3 hours of THE BACHELOR finale, as well as the successful second episode of RESURRECTION, and with Shonda Rhimes and SHARK TANK doing their part, […]

  UPDATE:  All the adjustments were upward, but they were also only by 0.1, giving a little extra to BELIEVE, RESURRECTION, COSMOS, ONCE UPON A TIME, AMERICAN DAD and AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS.  SUNDAY CABLE:  A particularly wrenching hour of THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) continued to be the biggest thing on all of television, swamping […]

  Ratings information for Starz’s BLACK SAILS was never particularly abundant, thanks to a combination of the show’s slow Saturday berth, Starz not being forthcoming, and a general lack of buzz.  The series finale appears to have rated in line with its first 2 episodes, with 0.28 in 18-49 (that goes up to 0.45 with […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  After adjustment, THE VOICE went up 0.1 and THE BLACKLIST went down by the same amount (in the latter case, negating its small climb from 2 weeks ago).  Also up by 0.1:  DANCING WITH THE STARS and 2 BROKE GIRLS, in both cases raising the shows slightly above their lows. MONDAY CABLE:  […]

  UPDATE:  SHARK TANK climbed another 0.1 to 2.0, while there were 0.1 drops for THE NEIGHBORS, UNDERCOVER BOSS, ENLISTED (giving FOX triple 0.5s across the night), BLUE BLOODS and DATELINE. FRIDAY CABLE:  GOLD RUSH (Discovery) led the night at 1.1, although that was down a big 0.6 from last week, and WWE (Syfy) was […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 15 and Sunday March 16, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NASCAR 4.1 rating FOX 3:00-3:45 pm Sunday Food City 500 (-5% from 4.3 last year) […]