NETWORK UPDATE:  Lots of afternoon adjustments, mostly unhelpful.  TIMELESS, LUCIFER, DANCING WITH THE STARS and CONVICTION each lost 0.1, while THE BIG BANG THEORY, as it usually does, picked up the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped […]

Presidential Election coverage on the combined seven major networks (the four broadcast networks plus CNN, Fox News Channel and MNSBC) averaged just over 61 million people (two years or older) in an average minute of prime time between 8 and 11 pm ET Tuesday 11.8.2016, above the incumbent re-election years of 2004 and 2012 (each under […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  At CBS, BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 in final numbers and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost 0.1.  (EXTANT stayed where it was.)  The BLACKISH rerun dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The sharks won yet again, as Discovery’s week swam on.  This time, SUPER PREDATOR was at 1.51, NINJA SHARKS was at 1.44, and SHARK AFTER DARK was […]

  A night loaded with season finales and premieres. HBO:  GIRLS has developed into exactly the kind of show HBO loves.  Even with all the hype that surrounded its arrival, it’s proven to be an ever-larger buzz magnet, the kind that could bring it Emmy attention (in nominations, if not wins).  And all that is […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MAYA & MARTY, COUPLED and the rerun of THE FLASH lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Part 2 of OJ: MADE IN AMERICA, moving successfully from ABC to ESPN, topped Tuesday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for STATION 19 and YOUNG SHELDON.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.47/0.38.  On Bravo, TOP CHEF dipped 0.03 to 0.28, MILLION DOLLAR LISTING returned at 0.15, and […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the SCORPION rerun. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  To no one’s surprise, the COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME won the night for ESPN with 8.26, and the network had the night’s Top 5 slots.  However, that was well […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  On another holiday night of reruns, the results for each network were as follows:  ABC 0.19-0.34, CBS 0.67/0.29 (THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was easily the night’s highest-rated show), NBC 0.26-0.29, FOX 0.24, CW 0.05-0.10.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl […]