NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE CHASE, MR MAYOR, and the reruns of MOM and SVU.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.46/0.39.  On MTV, JERSEY SHORE rose 0.08 to 0.42, and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  We’re continuing to provide our analysis of broadcast ratings in the Network Finals posts as Nielsen catches up. NBC:  THIS IS US, as expected, towered over the night, up 0.4 from last week to a series high 3.4. That huge lead-in made the 1.4 for the series premiere of TRIAL […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE YEAR: 2016 dropped 0.1 in final numbers, so it now has to share the highest-rated show of the night title with reruns of SHREK THE HALLS and NCIS.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND was […]

  Starz has been exceptionally tolerant of ratings that other networks might find discouraging, and without even waiting to see how DA VINCI’S DEMONS will perform without a Spartacus lead-in, the network has already ordered a Season 2.  This is in keeping with renewals for Boss and Magic City after slow starts; the former didn’t […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  EMPIRE only got bigger with final numbers, increasing by 0.2 to 6.7.  In addition, SURVIVOR gained 0.1, as did MODERN FAMILY and SVU, but NASHVILLE declined the same amount. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK led the night, down 0.17 from last week’s season premiere to 0.87.  The 2d episode of MOONBEAM CITY […]

The ratings for most network programs came back down to Earth in the official nationals (with the NFL preseason games filtered out of the early ratings, as we explained this morning).  As expected, Big Brother was least impacted (only down one tenth from this morning because CBS was able air it at 10 pm in the California […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was led by Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at 0.54/0.86/5.5M, with CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.49/0.67/2.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.27/0.40/3M.  Discovery’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  At this point, it’s far from a surprise that all of ABC’s sitcoms gained in afternoon adjusted ratings:  THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and BLACK-ISH by 0.1, and MODERN FAMILY by 0.2.  (No goodies for NASHVILLE, though.)  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Wednesday (plus a few other lower-rated […]