NETWORK UPDATE: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT lost the same. Also, as expected the CW reruns each went down 0.1 after the sports preemptions were adjusted out. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The TYRANT season finale (FX) didn’t excite anyone, dropping 0.05 to 0.37. However, some people showed up to find out who […]
NETWORK FINALS: MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Two smackdowns topped Thursday cable, but it was USA’s WWE match that prevailed, down a tenth to 0.75 (and followed by a steady 0.39 for COLONY). Wrestling edged out CNN’s coverage of the PBS DEMOCRATIC DEBATE […]
>CBS had a terrific night with two specials and a repeat of one drama. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer scored a very good and time-period winning 4.0 rating at 8 pm, about the same as an NCIS original would have done but much higher than the more logical comparison (an NCIS repeat). Compared to last year, […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE BRAVE gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: As we noted on the Sunday cable post, officially the runs of THE ALIENIST on TNT and TBS were “sneak peeks,” but they were listed by Nielsen as […]
> On a night when atypical competition should have made for some shuffling in the numbers, the news was that there wasn’t much at all. ABC: The network had to be hoping that with a repeat Office on NBC and the male-skewing World Series on FOX, they could get some extra viewers for GREY’S ANATOMY. […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Removing the MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcast ratings from adjusted numbers lowered both ABC and CW. JANE THE VIRGIN dropped 0.2 from this morning’s rating, and DANCING WITH THE STARS, COUNTDOWN TO THE CMAs and THE ORIGINALS all lost 0.1. In addition, THE VOICE gained 0.1. Ratings fin key demos or the Top 25 […]
BROADCAST FINALS: FOX’s MLB game was at 0.38. CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.04. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: It was NFL Network’s day thanks to NFL PRESEASON games at 0.54/0.47/0.43/0.30. On ESPN, UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.27/0.15, and TOP RANK BOXING was at 0.26. Reelz’s ON […]
NETWORK FINALS: SVU gained 0.1 in final numbers. (Note, the chart below has a mistake: DESIGNATED SURVIVOR aired a new episode.) Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Perhaps for the first time, MLB Network had the top show on cable Wednesday with the […]