NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY and THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while STATION 19 and SUPERNATURAL lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games topped Thursday cable at 1.33/1.16, with NBATV’s game at 0.14.  On […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from Oscar break, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS jumped 0.18 to 0.49, and AMERICAN IDOL held at 0.65, while THE ROOKIE (back after 2 weeks) was down 0.03 to 0.35. CBS:  After 60 MINUTES was at 0.53, the GRAMMY AWARDS segmented its ratings between 8-10:54PM at 2.24 and the remaining portion […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS adjusted all the way to 6.9, up 0.9 from last year’s Game 1 final rating.  As expected, the primetime pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE suffered from the time zone adjustments, down to 1.1.  There were no changes for any of the original series on NBC or FOX.  On the rerun […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for NEW GIRL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was an exceptionally busy night of premieres, and the big winner was USA’s SHOOTER, which proved itself compatible with its WWE SMACKDOWN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while TAKE TWO lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of MTV’s JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION topped Thursday cable, down a tick to 0.94, with the season finale of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SPEECHLESS rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader bookended the Top 3 slots on Wednesday cable at 0.71/0.58.  Between them was VH1’s BLACK INK CREW, up 0.08 to 0.63, with the premiere of BEAUTY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  On CBS, SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MILLION DOLLAR MILE dropped the same, putting it at an unimpressive 0.9.  Elsewhere, the reruns of SCHOOLED and MODERN FAMILY each lost 0.1.  Notably, after last week’s upward adjustment, EMPIRE stayed at its new series low 1.1 (and STAR was […]

> On cable this past week, NFL football was again the top-rated program, and Jersey Shore was in second place, as usual.  But tying for second was the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, which aired 30 minutes after the first Sheen-less Two and a Half Men was broadcast.  Even the repeat of the Roast […]