NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, and THE GOOD DOCTOR lost the same.  Elsewhere, MAN WITH THE PLAN went up 0.1, and THE ENEMY WITHIN was down the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:   The NFL Kickoff Game (Steelers vs Patriots on NBC) did not lift as much as we thought from the fast nationals to the official nationals (from 8.8 to 10.3), but the ratings were very good, as we expect from the NFL.  The 27,398,000 viewer 2+ number last night is above […]

  Breaking Bad‘s arrival was the big ratings news on Sunday night, while the launch of Political Animals wasn’t. HBO:  TRUE BLOOD, as usual, took the night with a 2.7 that was a tick higher than last week, beating the season premiere of Big Brother on CBS and for that matter everything else on broadcast […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE ORIGINALS and the SHARK TANK rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With a few exceptions noted in the text, all comparisons are to 2 weeks ago due to the rampant July 4th preemptions last Wednesday.  […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 drop for the SUPER BOWL’S GREATEST HALFTIME SHOWS special. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was in its accustomed place on top of Friday cable, up 0.03 from last week to 1.30, and lead-out DEADLIEST JOB […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.20/0.16/0.12/0.24 CBS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.05 to 0.75, and THE CHALLENGE was up 0.02 to 0.42.  A SWAT rerun followed at 0.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.24/0.25/0.28. FOX:  MASTERCHEF lost 0.06 to 0.42, and SO YOU THINK  YOU CAN DANCE ticked down to 0.29. CW:  MYSTERIES DECODED held at 0.05, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLACK-ISH gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN, soon to move to FOX, led Tuesday cable, up 0.04 to 0.67, followed by a “sneak peek” of the TREADSTONE pilot at 0.26.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE FOUR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while AP BIO and MOM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable at 0.57/0.53.  ESPN’s 30 FOR 30 documentary was at […]