NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Thursday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA DRAFT easily led Thursday cable at 1.25, down 0.11 from 2017, and with the pre-show at 0.78 (down 0.23).  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, but THE ISLAND lost the same.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a big night for sports on cable, but above them all was VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA, up 0.11 from last week to 1.41.  Its lead-out AFTERPARTY slipped 0.08 to 0.97, and TI AND TINY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  All of CBS’s shows dropped in final numbers, 60 MINUTES by 0.2, GARTH LIVE AT NOTRE DAME by 0.1, and the rerun NCIS: LA by 0.1.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.4, down 0.07 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The entire CW line-up was down in final numbers, MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1 and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by 0.2, suggesting that sports preemptions may have inflated the initial ratings.  Elsewhere, the changes were all in reruns:  an extra 0.1 for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  A full boat of NFL PRESEASON-fueled adjustments.  On ABC, the A MILLION LITTLE THINGS reruns dropped 0.1-0.3 in final numbers.  On CBS, the procedural reruns fell 0.3-0.4, and 48 HOURS was down 0.3.  On NBC, the rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and DATELINE lost 0.1.  Both reruns on FOX dropped […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  500 QUESTIONS fell 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Saturday cable, there was the NBA PLAYOFFS game on TNT… and then everything else.  TNT scored a huge 4.09 for the night’s Golden State vs. Oklahoma City game, but […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from the Saturday preliminary ratings.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had 3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL games in the Saturday cable Top 10, led by UCLA vs. Arizona at 0.65.  (Note that HBO, as is its practice, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE and the rerun of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rose 0.1 in final numbers, while 20/20 fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable with a 0.14 jump to 0.56.  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL […]