> VEEP, properly enough, was #2 on HBO’s Sunday ticket. HBO:  VEEP premiered with a fairly strong 0.6 in 18-49s on its initial Sunday airing, plus another .14 for its repeat later that night (remember, HBO ratings reflect only 25% of US households, so they’re 4x as strong as they look).  That was, not unexpectedly, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ONCE UPON A TIME season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers (as did AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS), but the REVENGE finale dropped 0.1.  On FOX, AMERICAN DAD was up 0.1 but COSMOS lost 0.1. SATURDAY CABLE:  ORPHAN BLACK (BBCA) stayed at 0.2, and the season premiere of IN THE FLESH that […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE FLASH, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games led Tuesday cable at 1.14/0.90., with NBATV’s game at 0.17  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN dipped […]

>With a full week of ratings for the May Sweep in (Thursday-Tuesday’s official ratings and Wednesday’s fast national ratings), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when ratings are measured locally in each of the 214 television markets across the country.  FOX has a decent lead over […]

  NBC has announced an unusually robust slate of scripted programming for summer 2014–although, since 3 of the shows were originally ordered for airing during the regular season and didn’t make it onto the schedule, and NBC hasn’t exactly been flooded with new hits this year, the cynical may surmise that quantity in this case […]

    More, more, more news from The Peacock: Try to hold on to your lunch:  WHITNEY is back, lack of quality (and even lack of ratings) apparently not meaning too much at the network these days.  (At least it seems to be confirmed that PARKS & RECREATION has a full 22-episode order, not the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The SURVIVOR reunion special dropped to 0.9 in final numbers.  In addition, CHICAGO FIRE gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 2.03.  On Bravo, SOUTHERN CHARM returned with regular episodes at 0.49, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF […]

    Grimm has its night. NBC:  The season finale of GRIMM was the night’s highest rated show, with a 1.6 that was up 0.4 from last week and marked its highest-rated episode in months.  (Imagine if the show were actually good!)  It didn’t lift the rest of the evening, though:  WHO DO YOU THINK […]