Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The AFC NFL WILD CARD game on CBS adjusted up to 10.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 8:30PM BLACKISH rerun lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN simulcast the other Saturday NFL WILD CARD game with ABC, and the ESPN piece of it was at […]

        NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 and BLACK-ISH lost 0.1 in final numbers Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s actual top-rated original was the primetime part of TNT’s NBA DOUBLEHEADER, 0.74 for Lakers vs. Cleveland, with 0.52 for the later Houston vs. Portland game.  On […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS: LA rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s original film THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS premiered at a lackluster 0.22. The NBA PLAYOFFS and related programming owned the Top 5 slots on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MADAM SECRETARY rerun gained 0.1 and the CODE BLACK rerun lost the same in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THE BET AWARDS were aired across several Viacom networks, with the following results:  1.54 on BET (down 0.41 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PRESEASON game adjusted up 0.03 to 1.9 in final numbers. Elsewhere, everything on ABC lost 0.1, leaving the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.9, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 1.1, FUNDERDOME at 0.7, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID at 0.6.  In addition, CANDY CRUSH dropped 0.1 to 0.4. […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games took up 5 of Saturday cable’s top slots, led in a big way by the primetime game at 1.52, and with the earlier games at 0.68/0.48/0.46/0.32.  The other network having a very good […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  (NOTE:  because of the NFL preemptions last night, comparisons are to last Thursday’s final ratings, not to this morning’s preliminaries.)  On ABC, ASTRONAUTS WIVES CLUB and ROOKIE BLUE remained at last week’s 0.6, while MISTRESSES climbed 0.1 to 0.7.  On CBS, the MOM reruns, at 0.7/0.8, were far below last week’s BIG BANG THEORY/MOM reruns at […]