NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.12 from last week’s Election Night airing to 0.80, and PURE COUNTRY premiered at 0.23.  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND returned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL WILD CARD GAME adjusted to 8.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s afternoon NFL WILD CARD GAME was a bit less dominant than the primetime game but still strong at 2.06.  On ESPN2, a Youngstown State vs. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAGNUM PI gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The official series premiere of I AM THE NIGHT was a rerun of the previous night’s “sneak peek,” so isn’t on the chart below.  Once again it was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GRAND HOTEL lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP led Monday cable, up a tenth to 0.87, with GIRLS CRUISE steady at 0.41, and the premiere of LOVE & LISTINGS at 0.33.  USA’s WWE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Local sports preemptions probably caused the across-the-board drops at CW, where the shows were respectively down 0.1/0.2/0.1.  In addition, the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was nothing extra for DANCING WITH THE STARS in final numbers.  On NBC, while THE VOICE gained 0.1, the adjustment hit to THE NIGHT SHIFT was even worse than anticipated, down 0.2 to a weakening 1.3 (only 0.2 ahead of the rerun NCIS: LA on CBS).  On CW, THE ORIGINALS lost […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage had a healthy 0.4 adjustment in final numbers to 6.1.  As expected, the removal of NFL preseason preemptions made for much change elsewhere:  on ABC, BATTLEBOTS, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and MATCH GAME all fell 0.2; on CBS, the rerun BIG BANG THEORY fell 0.3, the LIFE IN PIECES […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SVU lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.9, down 0.3 from last week’s final.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.90/0.75.  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at […]