NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from Saturday’s preliminary ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.05 to 0.66, with the preceding clip show at 0.32. The Adult Swim line-up performed as follows: DRAGON BALL up […]
> Game 7 of the NFL Stanley Cup playoffs (when the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks) achieved a 3.4 Adult 18-49 rating on NBC Wednesday. In Tuesday’s TV News and Notes we said “Wednesday’s Game 7 could reach into the mid-3 rating”. Now if only all the Fall TV Predictions could be that accurate….
NETWORK UPDATE: The time-zone adjusted rating for Game 2 of the NBA FINALS climbed to 6.0. As expected, the primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and NBA COUNTDOWN dropped heavily, from 2.2/2.3 to 1.1/1.3. SATURDAY CABLE: Starz’s POWER needed two runs, at 9 and 10PM, to accumulate a passable 0.3 rating in 18-49s (9PM was 0.15, 10PM […]
There was plenty of original programming available on Thursday, but viewers wanted only one familiar friend. CBS: Back-to-back reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY were the highest rated shows of the night, with 2.1 and 2.4 ratings–nothing else on the networks even got close to a 2. Even though the PERSON OF INTEREST and MENTALIST […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICAN IDOL shed 0.04 to 0.68, followed by an out-of-timeslot SHARK TANK at 0.53. THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a rerun week up 0.02 to 0.41. CBS: Back from an off-week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.03 to 0.62, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA grew by 0.08 to 0.52, NCIS jumped 0.12 to 0.55, and […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: THE BACHELOR climbed an additional 0.1 to 3.3. MONDAY CABLE: Not a particularly good night. BATES MOTEL (A&E) dived a steep 0.4 from last week’s season premiere to 0.9, and that sent THOSE WHO KILL down to a near-death 0.3. DALLAS (TNT) stayed at 0.4, but that’s not good news. SWITCHED AT […]
> The networks (well, most of them) returned from their winter holidays only to find less viewer interest than they may have hoped. CBS: An easy win for the night with an all-new line-up. But 2 1/2 MEN, MIKE & MOLLY and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER were all down from their last original airings, […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE GRAMMY AWARDS adjusted to 7.7 in final numbers, down 0.6 from the final number for the 2015 ceremony. In addition, CBS aired a RED-CARPET ARRIVALS special in the 7PM hour, unusual for a Monday, and it rated at 1.6. Elsewhere, THE BIGGEST LOSER lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]