>AMC’s Walking Dead and MTV’s Jersey Shore remain at the top of the cable ratings chart this week, although both are down a few tenths from last week.  Nevertheless, each program remains the top-rated program with young adults in their respective time periods, beating all broadcast and cable competition.  Sunday at 9:00: #1 Walking Dead […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while RIVERDALE lost the same.            Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note–due to Thanksgiving Eve last week, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL doubleheader was at 0.55 (North […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 boost for the rerun of MAT FRANCO’S GOT MAGIC. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK jumped 0.23 to take Wednesday cable with 1.12, a rating that may have driven THE […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 3 through Sunday February 9, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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 for the same […]

> AMERICAN IDOL‘s best days are behind it. FOX:  Idol gave FOX an easy win for the night, but it continues to be 30% below last season, and last night dipped 0.3 from its first Thursday.  It appears as though the show didn’t even win the time-slot for its first half-hour, falling behind BIG BANG […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from this morning’s numbers.  The CBS portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.3, up 1.2 from last week’s final network number. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The NFL Network piece of THURSDAY NIGHT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD returned after several weeks of reruns to lead Friday cable at 0.64, with the preceding clip show […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TOUGH AS NAILS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE topped Wednesday cable, up 0.03 to 0.56.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS slipped 0.02 to 0.42.  Fox Sports 1’s NASCAR race was at […]