NOTE:  Due to Thanksgiving, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago unless otherwise noted.   NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.0, down 1.1 from the Thanksgiving night game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.77, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and ZOO gained 0.1 in final numbers, while both reruns of FRESH OFF THE BOAT declined by the same amonnt. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH climbed 0.13 to 0.93 and took Tuesday cable honors, with lead-in DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT up a tenth to 0.43.  THE HAVES AND HAVE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.52, AMERICAN IDOL rose 0.08 to 0.73, and THE ROOKIE was steady at 0.35. CBS:  60 MINUTES was boosted by afternoon Masters coverage by 0.38 to 0.91.  Returning from a Grammys break, THE EQUALIZER dropped 0.12 to 0.53, NCIS: LA fell 0.08 to 0.44, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s telecast of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP was huge, but at 8.00 it wasn’t quite as massive as last year’s 8.26.  Once again the sports […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no good news for SUPERGIRL, which stayed at 1.7 in final numbers.  About the only positive was that the show was rock-steady at that number in all of its quarter-hours, so the viewers that are still there seem to be satisfied.  CBS can console itself with a 0.1 rise for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Only one network featured original programming on the night before Christmas Eve.  On ABC, the reruns were at 0.46/0.30/0.23. CBS:  A YOUNG SHELDON rerun at 0.31 was followed by a marathon of GHOSTS reruns at 0.26/0.22/0.20/0.20/0.20. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.16/0.15/0.14/0.15. FOX:  The night’s one original show was a special FANTASY ISLAND […]

  Monday cable was dominated, as usual, by the unscripted (well, let’s pretend they’re unscripted) WWE WRESTLING on USA and LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA on VH1.  (With VH1 back on DirecTV, Love & Hip-Hop had a big ratings bump from 1.5 to 2.0–it’s also notable for a tremendous 1.1 additional rating in its 10PM reairing, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend didn’t have much original programming, and it was dominated by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 3.39.  Assuming that the marathon of DINERS, DRIVE-INS […]