Updated broadcast and cable ranking for the past week and the week before. Live programming occupied the top eight spots in the week’s program ranking: basketball and hockey playoffs, the final two episodes of The Voice, Nik Wallenda walking a tight rope near the Grand Canyon, and an America’s Got Talent episode. True Blood was the top scripted program (in […]
AMC: THE WALKING DEAD couldn’t hold at last week’s premiere mega-numbers, but it didn’t fall off much, with a still-gigantic 7.1 for the 9PM airing (down from 8.2 last week), plus 1.6 from re-airings. TALKING DEAD was impressively even, holding at 2.6 even though its lead-in was less titanic. The Walking Dead halo effect […]
NETWORK FINALS: Since at this point Nielsen is issuing preliminary ratings and finals simultaneously as they catch up on their missing nights, we’ll skip to the finals and provide analysis here: ABC: AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (1.0) and ONCE UPON A TIME (0.9) held at last week’s numbers. TIME AFTER TIME […]
SATURDAY AMC: HELL ON WHEELS held well in total viewers at 2M, but they got a lot older, as the show’s 18-49 rating fell from 0.5 to 0.3. That makes almost 80% of its viewers over 50, not exactly the most advertiser friendly audience. Still, if these numbers can hold, the show is still […]
NETWORK FINALS: The BLACK-ISH rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On another day dominated by news programming, Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER was at 0.75/1.17/6.1M, with CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.56/0.81/2.8M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: SHARK TANK dropped 0.09 to 0.56, and 20/20 was down 0.04 to 0.40. CBS: UNDERCOVER BOSS fell 0.09 to 0.33, MAGNUM PI lost 0.04 to 0.45, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.06 to 0.47. NBC: After a rerun of THAT’S MY JAM at 0.39, DATELINE was up 0.08 to 0.49. FOX: […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the morning preliminary numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.86/0.64. On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK gained 0.03 to 0.50, and CRANK YANKERS was steady at 0.21. The season finale of […]
BROADCAST FINALS: ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64. FOX’s primetime PAC 12 TOURNAMENT coverage was at 0.32. CW’s originals were at 0.06/0.02. In late-night, NBC’s SNL ticked down to 0.80. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: It was Championship day for most college basketball tournaments, and ESPN’s games were at […]