NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The increased number of people stuck at home didn’t help all shows.  On HBO, the season premiere of WESTWORLD arrived at 0.29, down a steep 0.60 from its […]

        This summer, TNT is airing an ambitious slate of original programming, including the final season of its signature series The Closer, the launches of spinoff Major Crimes and new procedural Perception, a reboot of Dallas, new seasons of the elaborate Steven Spielberg production Falling Skies as well as Leverage and Rizzoli […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MIDDLE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE MAYOR lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Last Tuesday night was both Halloween and World Series Game 6, so the trend was generally up.  ESPN’s 30 FOR 30 documentary […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at fall 2015:  FOX’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show placed on the night it spent most of the season so far.  The audience share for each of 30 gender-age subgroups is noted for each show, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes at all from this morning’s numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a night dotted with premieres, Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH retained its cable lead, up 0.23 from last week to 1.20, with lead-out SONS OF WINTER up 0.03 to 0.47.  On ABCFamily, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS returned at 1.06, down just 0.05 from the June […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s DAYTONA 500 coverage adjusted to 0.91.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL and 60 MINUTES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note–due to last week’s Super Bowl, comparisons except where otherwise noted are […]

Top broadcast and cable programs this week and last.  Shark Week kicked off Sunday on Discovery with the mockumentary Megalodon: Monster Shark at 9:00 pm, which matched the 2.2 True Blood rating with Adults 18-49 on HBO at the same time.  NFL’s pre-season Hall of Fame Game on NBC, also on Sunday, was the top program of the week.  Not shown […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.7, down 0.2 from last year’s Game 1.  Elsewhere, NEW AMSTERDAM gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, although it fell 0.23 from last week to 0.69, […]