NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, THE OSCARS adjusted to 5.3, with the RED CARPET special rated in half-hour segments at 1.1/1.6/2.2.  In addition, the OUTMATCHED rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that with the exception of HBO […]

> VEEP, properly enough, was #2 on HBO’s Sunday ticket. HBO:  VEEP premiered with a fairly strong 0.6 in 18-49s on its initial Sunday airing, plus another .14 for its repeat later that night (remember, HBO ratings reflect only 25% of US households, so they’re 4x as strong as they look).  That was, not unexpectedly, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season finale episodes of JUDGE STEVE HARVEY were at 0.41/0.34 compared to last week’s 0.40.  The season finale of TO TELL THE TRUTH gained 0.03 to 0.30. CBS:  FBI ticked down to 0.55, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.04 to 0.49, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up 0.02 to 0.47. NBC:  YOUNG […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.39, down 0.34 from last week (without an NBA Playoffs lead-in), and down 0.11 from last season’s finale.  The season finale of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.83, down 0.09 from last week and up 0.07 from last season. CBS:  After 60 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  For AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, it was a familiar story:  the show dominated the Sunday ratings, but the midseason premiere was down a painful 0.80 from last year’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the preemption in NY, CW’s line-up lost 0.1, leaving ARROW at 0.4 and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW at 0.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dopped 0.47 from last week’s game to 3.45.  On VH1, […]

  ABC had a very good hour on Sunday with its successful launch of Resurrection, but that still couldn’t compare to an entire night of Oscar coverage the previous week, so the network was down by more than 50% this time around.  Here are the weekly network averages (5 days of Live + Same Day […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.09 to 0.52, THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was steady at 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.02 to 0.33.  BIG SKY lost 0.03 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.71, and THE AMAZING RACE rose 0.13 to 0.48, followed by a rerun at […]