NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.1 on Thanksgiving night.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The pickings were slim on Thanksgiving cable for original proramming.  ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led at 0.73.  Hallmark’s holiday movie THE MISTLETOE INN was at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of NCIS, AMERICAN IDOL and THE FLASH each went up 0.1 in final numbers.  IZOMBIE lost 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As the NBA PLAYOFFS get deeper toward the championship, the ratings are rising, with both games on TNT last night at 2.34–putting them above everything on broadcast TV for the night.  The […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and SNL each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Basketball continued to dominate cable, with 2 of TNT’s NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND events in the Top 3 for the night, the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE dropped 0.11 to 0.54, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS was down 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  FBI gained 0.03 to 0.57, FBI: INTERNATIONAL slipped 0.02 to 0.46, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.02 to 0.45. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.70, LA BREA lost 0.05 to 0.44, and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8PM rerun of THE GOLDBERGS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC season finale took the Wednesday cable crown, up a tenth from last week to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As it did last week, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers. In addition, both BLACK-ISH reruns lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Celtics/Lakers documentary was divided into a 2-hour segment and a 1-hour, and both […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 in final numbers, and 20/20: IN AN INSTANT lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports dominated Saturday cable, with ESPN’s TOP RANK BOXING at the top, scoring 1.14 for the main event hour […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hurricane Irma was the star of Thursday cable, with The Weather Channel owning 16 of the Top 30 slots, including all of the Top 5  (led by 0.58 for the 8PM hour), and 6 more for […]