NETWORK FINALS:  NBC and CBS were weirdly full of 0.1 declines in final numbers:  respectively for both episodes of FAM and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SWAT; and for SUPERSTORE, AP BIO, WILL & GRACE and SVU.  In addition, for the 2nd consecutive week, FOR THE PEOPLE lost […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE dropped 0.1 in final numbers, tying its series low (although its less-rounded number was 1.24, so just barely below the threshold for this morning’s rating).  The CHICAGO MED rerun also lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while FBI lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND ticked down to 0.76, and the season finale of PROJECT BLUE BOOK ticked up to 0.29.  On USA, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, and THE GOOD DOCTOR lost the same.  Elsewhere, MAN WITH THE PLAN went up 0.1, and THE ENEMY WITHIN was down the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up to 1.0, and the 2 hours of DATELINE lost 0.1/0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As COLLEGE BASKETBALL heads to the NCAAs, ESPN’s games were at 1.23 (Duke vs. North Carolina)/0.81 (Michigan […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s ARETHA special and NBC’s WORLD OF DANCE, and FOX’s rerun of THE SIMPSONS, each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD inched up 0.04 to 1.77, with TALKING DEAD up a heartier […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.75/0.57.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH jumped 0.15 to 0.79, with the lead-out hour up two-tenths to 0.58.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.06 to 0.66.  […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Both STATION 19 and FOR THE PEOPLE dropped 0.1 in final numbers, not an auspicious start to their campaigns.             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The saga of TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER continued with a 0.15 jump to a Thursday […]