NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BIG BROTHER both gained 0.1 in final numbers, and for once the AGT gain didn’t lead to a loss for TAXI BROOKLYN. Below are Wednesday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts (which actually cover the 157 most watched shows of the night once reruns are excluded).  Analysis and context […]

  Viewers had plenty to choose from in last night’s line-ups–and essentially chose none of it. NBC:  THE VOICE was the highest rated show of the night and it gave NBC the win, but its 3.0 rating marked its 7th consecutive Tuesday drop (it was scoring a 4.6 as recently as April 16) and tied […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.40/0.26/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.27/0.25/0.26. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dipped 0.05 to 0.63, and HOT WHEELS was down 0.04 to 0.26. FOX:  BEAT SHAZAM dropped 0.09 to 0.17, and DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS was down 0.03 to 0.22. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.03. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP gained 0.04 to […]

  NEW FEATURE: a Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings chart which includes final Total Viewers for each show.  We have a limited ability to make revisions to the format (a side-by-side comparison of morning and afternoon ratings isn’t doable, for example), but would appreciate any thoughts and comments. FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted down 0.2 […]

>Big time professional sports dominate the top of this week’s cable ratings chart.  The NFL Draft turned in an excellent 3.3 rating with Adults 18-49 and nearly 7 million viewers 2+.  The Draft finished in third place in the 8:00 half hour on Thursday (behind only Big Bang Theory on CBS with a 4.1 rating […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Unusually, it was ESPN2’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL game that topped its mother network to lead Thursday cable at 0.51.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.45.  TNT’s […]

  If there were any die-hards out there still nursing some flicker of hope that SMASH could survive its move to the basement of network television on Saturday nights, the ratings for its debut (which featured a fairly painful appearance by Liza Minnelli) snuffed them out.  Not only did Smash fall to its all-time low […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a GLOBAL CITIZEN LIVE special at 0.20, it was an evening of season premieres, with CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE down 0.76 from its January premiere to 0.40, SUPERMARKET SWEEP at 0.44 compared to its 1.0 premiere in 2020, and THE ROOKIE down 0.13 from its January premiere to 0.36. CBS:  […]