NETWORK FINALS: SURVIVOR and SWAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while ALMOST FAMILY and SEAL TEAM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS were again at the top of Wednesday cable, with both games on TBS:  Dodgers vs. Nationals at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers and the finale of THE ISLAND lost the same.  In addition, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY fell 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not even Shark Week could keep VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP from the top of Monday cable, up 0.02 to 1.58, with its AFTERPARTY up 0.08 to 1.15, […]

> After last night’s admirably tense episode of BREAKING BAD, we can now say with certainty that the show has 25 left to go:  9 for this season, and then 16 more.  AMC and Sony have closed a deal for what is expected to be the series’ final 16 episode order, ending the (always unlikely) […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.09 to 0.42, and GREY’S ANATOMY was down 0.07 to 0.38.  The special THIS IS REVENGE was at 0.22. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON ticked up to 0.56.  The season finale of GHOSTS was at 0.62, up 0.12 from last week and up 0.06 from last season’s finale.  SO HELP […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even with the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION in gear, VH1 and USA continued to split the Monday cable honors.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was steady at 1.40, with lead-out […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Now that we have final ratings for CBS, let’s take a look at how the line-up fared.  THE BIG BANG THEORY, at 2.7, was down 0.7 from its Thursday premiere last fall, a 20% drop.  YOUNG SHELDON held its lead-in well at 2.2, which was higher than the 1.9 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE PROPOSAL lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY rerun gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the MLB HOME RUN DERBY led Monday cable at 1.82, with the lead-out CELEBRITY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, down 1.7 from last week’s final and down 1.3 from 2018’s Week 2 game.  In addition, 60 MINUTES dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and the NCIS: LA rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]