BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of GENERATION GAP was at 0.35, and the season premiere of THE CHASE was at 0.30.  A rerun followed at 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.21/0.16/0.14. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST gained 0.04 to 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.13. FOX:  Reruns at 0.15/0.10. CW:  Reruns at 0.04/0.03. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.06 to 0.86, and it was a strong lead-in for the premiere of UNSOLVED at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that the WE DAY special must have run without commercials, and thus it wasn’t included in Nielsen’s final ratings.  As expected, there were a slew of adjustments for the night, mostly attributable to NFL PRESEASON games.  The following shows dropped 0.2 from their preliminary ratings:  the reruns of […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  CONVICTION and THE ODD COUPLE fell 0.1 in final numbers.  After adjustment for the Houston MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcast, SUPERGIRL dropped 0.1 and JANE THE VIRGIN fell 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s experiment with stripping all 10 episodes of comedy […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for NCIS, FBI and FBI: MOST WANTED.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.52 (Knicks vs. Lakers)/0.32 (Heat vs. Celtics).  On Discovery, DEADLIEST CATCH gained 0.04 to 0.28.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.0 in final numbers (last week’s TNF final was 7.5).  In addition, HEROES REBORN gained 0.1, as did SCANDAL.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network part of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL topped Thursday cable at 1.40, down 0.43 from last week.  MTV’s TEEN MOM fell 0.24 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC and CW were both preempted by local telecasts of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, leading to adjustments in finals.  DANCING WITH THE STARS, THE GOOD DOCTOR, one of the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns and the PENN & TELLER: FOOL US rerun all lost 0.1.  Elsewhere, LA’S FINEST, FILTHY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.52/0.39.  On A&E, THE FIRST 48 dipped 0.04 to 0.36, 60 DAYS IN lost 0.02 to 0.31, and ALASKA PD was […]