NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE MASKED SINGER, SWAT, and CHICAGO FIRE.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A special episode of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK topped Wednesday cable at 0.82.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE was steady at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for local coverage, the FOX MLB games were at 0.4/0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As expected, TNT’s coverage of the NBA’s return towered over the rest of cable, with the Lakers vs. Clippers game at 1.56 and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE rose 0.09 to 0.54, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.03 to 0.32. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD climbed 0.05 to 0.56, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA grew by 0.06 to 0.41, NCIS surged by 0.08 to 0.43, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.04 to 0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE dropped 0.09 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, but THE ISLAND lost the same.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a big night for sports on cable, but above them all was VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA, up 0.11 from last week to 1.41.  Its lead-out AFTERPARTY slipped 0.08 to 0.97, and TI AND TINY […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–because of NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Friday’s final ratings, rather than to the Saturday morning preliminaries.  NBC:  the AMERICA’S MOST TALENTED rerun was up 0.02 to 0.08, and DATELINE rose 0.1 to 1.0.  CBS:  the ELEMENTARY and HAWAII 5-0 reruns were steady, at 0.4/0.5, and the BLUE BLOODS rerun fell 0.1 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of SNL and ULTIMATE TAG gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  An extremely low-rated cable day was led by Golf Channel’s PGA coverage at 0.20.  On HGTV, VACATION HOUSE RULES slipped 0.02 to 0.20.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary morning ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.72 (Houston vs. Clippers)/0.40 (San Antonio vs. Philadelphia), preceded by a COLLEGE BASKETBALL game at 0.24.  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday May 21, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]