NETWORK FINALS:  The special Prince-centric 20/20 went down 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, a post-baseball adjustment for CW lowered both THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and the rerun of the CONTAINMENT pilot by 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had the NBA PLAYOFFS on Friday, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again in the lead on Friday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.39/0.65/4.1M, CNN TONIGHT at 0.38/0.56/2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes for BULL or THIS IS US in final numbers.  However, THE VOICE gained 0.1, while SCREAM QUEENS lost the same, the latter pushing the show down to a truly awful 0.7.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS slipped 0.02 to 0.42, THE WONDER YEARS gained 0.03 to 0.29, THE CONNERS ticked up to 0.41, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.03 to 0.24.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS sank 0.06 to 0.19. CBS:  SURVIVOR dropped 0.13 to 0.78, and BEYOND THE EDGE lost 0.08 to 0.31, followed by […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers for CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage brought the night’s games down to 1.8/1.6.  However, that was still far higher than last year’s adjusted 1.0/1.3.  Elsewhere, the only change was a 0.1 drop for REIGN that brought the show to a less than royal 0.3. Ratings in key demos for the Top […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 2 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.71, roughly the same as Game 1.  CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.22/0.21/0.22. NBC:  Reruns at 0.12/0.25 were followed by a JURASSIC WORLD tie-in special at 0.28. FOX:  Preceded by reruns at 0.13/0.20/0.18, new DUNCANVILLE episodes were at 0.13/0.12. CW:  The broadcast feed of the […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.9.  In addition, DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although technically it was an interstitial episode of COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD that won the cable day at 0.72, ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but EXTANT fell 0.1 to a dangerously low 0.6.  The first half-hour of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW also dropped 0.1, while LAST COMIC STANDING gained the same.  On ABC, the season finale of CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP picked up 0.1, while the rerun of THE MIDDLE lost the same.  CABLE […]