NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s coverage of the Final Four NCAA TOURNAMENT games naturally led Saturday cable at 3.26/2.99, with its sister networks airing the games featuring local team announcing […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.50.  CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE jumped 0.21 to 0.61, SUPERMARKET SWEEP slipped 0.02 to 0.42, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.05 to 0.31. CBS:  Thanks to its national NFL lead-in, 60 MINUTES grew by 0.75 to 1.53.  A run of the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The TRUTH & LIES Menendez Brothers special gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another good night for the NBA, as TNT’s doubleheader had the night’s top slots with Oklahoma City vs. Houston at 0.72 and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down 0.17 from its last regular airing on June 21.  Nickelodeon’s SPONGEBOB was at 0.37 (plus a simulcast on TeenNick […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  On CBS, SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MILLION DOLLAR MILE dropped the same, putting it at an unimpressive 0.9.  Elsewhere, the reruns of SCHOOLED and MODERN FAMILY each lost 0.1.  Notably, after last week’s upward adjustment, EMPIRE stayed at its new series low 1.1 (and STAR was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Both ONCE UPON A TIME and QUANTICO gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did THE SIMPSONS, but both THE CARMICHAEL SHOW and CROWDED fell the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was by far the highest-rated […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Friday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.05 to 0.61, with the clip show lead-in at 0.31.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH rose 0.05 to 0.59, and MASTER OF […]

  Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): SATURDAY CABLE was dominated by college football, which will be the case for most of the fall.  Note that Lifetime’s backdoor pilot DELIVERANCE CREEK had a 0.27 rating in 18-49s, with 926K total viewers.  That was down […]