AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER finale climbed an extra 0.1 in final numbers and the FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES lost 0.1, but the ugly numbers for the latter were in the quarter hours, where MOTHER had a 6.0 from 8:45PM-9PM, and then fell more than half to 2.8 when BETTER LIVES […]

An early look at the partial-week program rankings for broadcast and cable.

        NETWORK FINALS:  RIVERDALE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable, although the early Cleveland vs Minnesota game was much higher than San Antonio vs. Phoenix at 0.83 vs 0.47.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW […]

  NOTE:  Weekly and Season To Date Ratings Charts Are Below The war is over:  victory is television’s (make that “television”), which after decades of being considered the Fredo Corleone of dramatic narrative is now–to the evident recent discomfort of the film critics at the NY Times and LA Times–taken as seriously as the kind created […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premieres continued:  THE CONNORS down 0.12 from last season’s premiere to 0.53, THE GOLDBERGS down 0.26 to 0.44, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY down 0.07 to 0.57 from its January series premiere (on a Tuesday), HOME ECONOMICS down 0.03 to 0.38, and BIG SKY down 0.11 to 0.26 (last season it aired […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 33: August 8-14, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

NOTE: CBS and NBC time-period ratings below are inflated about a tenth of a point by local broadcast pre-emptions for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on the NFL Network). WKRC in Cincinnati carried the game instead of the CBS schedule, and WBAL in Baltimore carried the game instead of the NBC schedule. Also, the ratings […]

          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 […]