There’s always an audience for some stories, and while History Channel’s miniseries distillation of THE BIBLE from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey wasn’t quite at the network’s Hatfields & McCoys level of blockbuster success, it was–pardon the expression–damn close.  Hatfields was watched by 13.9M people in its premiere, 4.8M of them 18-49, while Bible […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary numbers for Friday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH took the Friday cable title with a 0.05 bump to 0.79, with lead-out FINDING ESCOBAR’S MILLIONS up 0.05 to 0.40.  ESPN’s NBA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The premiere of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA and 9-1-1 each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY N IGHT FOOTBALL dominated Monday cable, although at 3.68 it was down 0.44 from last week’s game.  TLC’s 90 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were lots of 0.1 moves in the final numbers, with THE BACHELORETTE, MOTEL HELL and MASTERCHEF up, and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and THE YOUNG HOLLYWOOD AWARDS down. MONDAY CABLE:  A slightly subdued night for the evening’s leaders, as LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA (VH1) dropped 0.3 from last week to 1.8 (plus […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MLB ALL-STAR GAME adjusted up to 1.9, down 0.2 from 2018’s final rating.  Elsewhere, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and THE GOLDBERGS lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped a tenth to 0.46, and 20/20 was up 0.03 to 0.43. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION fell 0.11 from Thursday to 0.38.  A BLUE BLOODS rerun followed at 0.29. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY was at 1.97, a dismal 70% plunge from the 2018 Ceremony.  (Note that […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for NBC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game and CBS’s NCIS rerun in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL day was dominated by the Auburn vs. Georgia game at 1.24, with the day’s other games […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.02 to 0.39, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY rose 0.03 to 0.40, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE climbed 0.02 to 0.35, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.06 to 0.33. CBS:  Comparisons are to 2 weeks ago, the last time the network had the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES surged […]