NETWORK FINALS:  STATION 19 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The return of MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable at 0.52, with EX ON THE BEACH down 0.02 to 0.18, and RIDICULOUSNESS down 0.04 to 0.08.  TNT’s NBA […]

        BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  The line-up declined:  HOLEY MOLEY by 0.04 to 0.40, WHEN NATURE CALLS by 0.04 to 0.20, and THE HUSTLER by a tick to 0.25.  CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.09 to 1.01.  Reruns followed at 0.20-0.36. NBC:  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE was at 0.40/0.28 compared to last week’s premiere 0.39/0.32.  MAKING […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC benefited most from the adjusted ratings for Monday night, with both DANCING WITH THE STARS and the preview of FOREVER gaining 0.2.  The 8PM episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY found an extra 0.1 (unlike last year, when BIG BANG’s season premiere jumped up in final numbers), but SCORPION lost 0.1, as […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, but THE ODD COUPLE declined by 0.1.  Elsewhere, BACKSTROM found an extra 0.1, but REIGN fell 0.1.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE held top honors for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.2, and FOX’s to 0.8.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, led by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.24, with its other games at 0.59/0.52/0.41, and Fox Sports 1’s game at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for SHARK TANK and MACGYVER.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH was at 0.51/0.38 compared to last week’s 0.41, and MYSTERY OF BLIND FROG RANCH ticked down to 0.16.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CMA AWARDS held at 2.1 in final numbers, putting it down 1.1 from 2017.  All the other morning ratings remained unchanged as well.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Lakers vs. Portland NBA game led Wednesday cable at 0.96, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers to 1.6, and the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun as well as both MASTERS OF ILLUSION reruns lost the same.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE topped Friday cable, down 0.08 to […]