TRUE DETECTIVE, despite major competition from the Golden Globes and the season premiere of Shameless on Showtime, had a solid start in the ratings for HBO on Sunday.  Preliminary numbers have it at 2.3M total viewers for its 9PM airing, with another 1M at 11PM.  The 9PM rating is a bit higher than the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES and THE SIMPSONS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s DIRTY JOHN premiered at a solid 0.36, with lead-ins REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA up 0.06 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was season finale night, and the line-up fared as follows:  THE GOLDBERGS at 0.39 (down 0.03 from last week and down 0.19 from last season), THE WONDER YEARS at 0.33 (up 0.03 from last week), THE CONNERS at 0.42 (up a tick from last week and down 0.14 from 2021), […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  CONVICTION and THE ODD COUPLE fell 0.1 in final numbers.  After adjustment for the Houston MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcast, SUPERGIRL dropped 0.1 and JANE THE VIRGIN fell 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s experiment with stripping all 10 episodes of comedy […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Viacom loves its simulcasts, and Sunday’s was the BET AWARDS, which was at 1.22 on its home […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  With the exception of UNCLE BUCK, everything on ABC (reruns of THE MIDDLE and BLACK-ISH, and the new TO TELL THE TRUTH) fell 0.1 in final numbers.  Also down a tenth: NBC’s MAYA & MARTY and FOX’s COUPLED.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

>ESPN’s Monday Night Football rebounded to more normal levels last night and moved back into its usual #1 spot on the cable Adult 18-49 rating chart.  (Kansas City upset San Diego in overtime.)  On AMC, Walking Dead is still the top scripted program on cable this week, but the 3.1 rating, while still very good, […]

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.54, and JUDGE STEVE HARVEY returned at 0.28.  A rerun followed at 0.26. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, FBI slipped 0.02 to 0.41, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.03 to 0.34, and FBI: MOST WANTED was also down 0.03 to 0.34. NBC:  The season finale of NIGHT COURT gained […]