NETWORK FINALS:  The scheduled new episode of BORDERTOWN didn’t air due to the east coast NASCAR overrun.  In the same hour, the ONCE UPON A TIME rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  At 8PM, MADAM SECRETARY declined 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of BLINDSPOT and EMPIRE each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, the top of Wednesday cable was all about sports and news.  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game scored a dominant 2.65, […]

The Grammys were big–but not as big as last year’s. CBS:  The 2013 GRAMMY AWARDS had a 10.1 rating, completely dominating the night.  However, that was steeply down from last year’s 14.1 (which may have been partly the result of Whitney Houston’s sudden death before the ceremony). ABC:  It’s not clear why ABC chose to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was an avalanche of 0.1 drops from preliminary numbers:  CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game, ABC’s SHARK TANK rerun, WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20, NBC’s reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and DATELINE, and CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun all faced the same result.  The WHOSE LINE IS IT […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 17, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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 11: March 8-14, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year (as the pandemic shutdown began […]

> After 3 years of the morass that was Laurence Fishburne’s tenure, the original CSI:  CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, now with a new Wednesday 10PM timeslot, may have recaptured some of its old mojo.  The potential hero of the tale is Ted Danson, newly installed as D.B. Russell, head of the squad after Fishburne’s execution of […]

> In recent years, the broadcast networks have largely outsourced their Saturday morning kids’ programming business.  Despite decades of history in the area, the networks have determined that news and sports are much more valuable weekend commodities, and with 24-hour cable networks now available for families who are looking for childrens’ programming, the networks maintain […]