BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the movie BRAVE at 0.33 was followed by a rerun of THE CHASE at 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.29/0.25/0.23. NBC:  The season premiere of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.47, up a tick from the 2021 premiere.  The season premiere of WEAKEST LINK was at 0.35. FOX:  DON’T […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Monday’s broadcast shows.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s LOADED had a disastrous launch at 0.08, losing most of its PREACHER lead-in, as that show went up 0.02 to 0.42.  On […]

>Last night, NBC won the night, as usual, with Sunday Night Football.  NBC is averaging about a 7.1 Adult 18-49 Sunday from 7:30-11:00 (remember the 7:00 half hour does not air national commercials and is not rated) and the number will probably rise to a 7.8 in the official nationals, well above the 6.2 official […]

        NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed, likely to the night after the Top 150 charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  Since there was no text this morning, a bit more detail on the network ratings: NBC:  All ratings […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A quasi-staged BEAUTY & THE BEAST was at 0.79, which is a big number these days, but dwarfed by the 2.6 that THE LITTLE MERMAID earned in 2019.  THE PARENT TEST followed at 0.40. CBS:  A 1-hour GHOSTS was at 0.59, up 0.03 from last week’s half-hour.  SO HELP ME TODD […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a SHARK TANK rerun at 0.30, there were 2 episodes of 20/20 at 0.48/0.43. CBS:  A RACE AGAINST TIME special was st 0.31, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.17. NBC:  An AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR rerun at 0.30 was followed by DATELINE at 0.33. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.03 […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 30 and Sunday May 1, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Golf PGA: Zurich Classic of New […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and although the newly-renewed DYNASTY lost 0.1, the resulting 0.2 was still better than its result last week.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was once again on top of cable.  The early game […]