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  FRIDAY STARZ:  It doesn’t appear as though DA VINCI’S DEMONS is going to be a gamechanger for Starz, as the series debuted with a tame 0.4 in 18-49s, about half of the total viewership of 1M.  That was coming off a 0.6 rating for the series finale of SPARTACUS: WAR OF THE DAMNED, which […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.39, followed by 20/20 down a tick to 0.28. CBS:  The uncanceled SWAT gained 0.06 to 0.36, FIRE COUNTRY was up 0.03 to 0.35, and BLUE BLOODS lost 0.02 to 0.28. NBC:  After a rerun at 0.29, DATELINE was up 0.03 to 0.27. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN climbed […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  That promising start for CW’s SUPERGIRL reruns wasn’t so promising after all, as the morning number for 9PM was apparently due to a local baseball preemption in Chicago, and the rating came down 0.2 in final numbers to a much more pedestrian 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and both MASTERS OF ILLUSION episodes lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cinemax’s heavily hyped new original OUTCAST had a terrible start, premiering at 0.06, a number that makes BANSHEE […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 6.9, down 0.4 from 2016.  In addition, LOVE CONNECTION and the AMAZING RACE season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even though the game itself was on ABC, […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Friday June 25, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

Full demo numbers for Sunday’s premiere of  Aaron Sorkin’s opus THE NEWSROOM on HBO won’t be available until tomorrow, but we do know that the initial 9PM telecast was watched by 2.1 million people (with an extra 600,000 watching late-night repeat airings).  As usual with mid-level ratings, they can be cut several ways. The good:  […]