NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s REPUBLICAN DEBATE adjusted up by 0.2 to 2.1 in final numbers.  In addition, CBS’s NFL HONORS and NBC’s DATELINE had 0.1 bumps. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Golden State vs. Oklahoma City NBA game easily topped Super Bowl Eve on cable with 1.36, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: LA gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.9, up 0.8 from last week’s game.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The midseason finale of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD unusually dropped from the previous week, down […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS adjusted all the way to 6.9, up 0.9 from last year’s Game 1 final rating.  As expected, the primetime pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE suffered from the time zone adjustments, down to 1.1.  There were no changes for any of the original series on NBC or FOX.  On the rerun […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s US OPEN coverage adjusted to 1.5.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On HBO, after BIG LITTLE LIES rose 0.06 to 0.45, the premiere of EUPHORIA was at 0.17, an underwhelming number although HBO claims that the young-skewing show did […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SONGLAND rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LOVE ISLAND and FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On USA, the final season premiere of SUITS was at 0.21, down 0.07 from last July’s premiere and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of DATELINE, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and AMERICAN IDOL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NFL DRAFT remained strong at 0.67 (plus 0.19 for the NFL Network telecast), and the network’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Friday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH and its follow-up hour were at 0.71/0.54, compared to last week’s 0.69/0.47.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.70/0.52.  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.05 to […]

  Breaking Bad‘s arrival was the big ratings news on Sunday night, while the launch of Political Animals wasn’t. HBO:  TRUE BLOOD, as usual, took the night with a 2.7 that was a tick higher than last week, beating the season premiere of Big Brother on CBS and for that matter everything else on broadcast […]