On a reality-heavy night, chefs came out on top. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was down 0.2 from last week, but still won the night at 1.8.  MOTEL HELL lost 0.1 to 1.3. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME dropped 0.1 from last week to tie its series low 1.5.  Prior to that, the night’s sitcom reruns were led […]

  As we’ve noted before, we’ll mostly be taking a break from reporting Friday ratings until the fall season begins, but this past Friday had an arrival worth making an exception:  the premiere of Cinemax’s THE KNICK.  That show, despite the participation of director Steven Soderbergh and star Clive Owen, was designed more to draw prestige […]

  STATE OF AFFAIRS:  Monday 10PM on NBC starting November 17 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS:  Star and Executive Producer Katherine Heigl, who developed the series for herself and pitched it to all the networks, hoping to spark a bidding war (which never really happened).  Series creator and pilot director Joe Carnahan, a […]

  CBS was the night’s easy winner, although its numbers won’t be sorted out until tomorrow. CBS:  Golf’s fourth and final major, the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, ran until 9PM ET last night instead of the scheduled 7PM end time because of a severe weather delay.  60 MINUTES and BIG BROTHER were pushed two hours later than […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 9 and Sunday August 10, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Golf: PGA PGA Championship 3.2 rating CBS 2:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (+3% from 3.1 […]

  THURSDAY BROADCAST:  Because this morning’s numbers were so screwed up, we’ll just start fresh with the broadcast networks. CBS:  BIG BROTHER, after all the adjustments, was up 0.1 to 2.3.  Even after the football effect was removed, the night’s rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY was up half a point to a big 2.1. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER and CRIMINAL MINDS each gained 0.1, but not EXTANT.  However, that show was able to claim victory at 10PM, because TAXI BROOKLYN lost 0.1.  The NASHVILLE: ON THE RECORD rerun gained 0.1, for what it’s worth. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) and TEEN MOMS (MTV) were almost exactly equal with […]