NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): THE GOLD RUSH (Discovery) rounded up to tie SHARK TANK as the highest rated show on all of television Friday night, dropping 0.08 from last week to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, Season 3 of THE SINNER premiered at 0.19, down 0.12 from the Season 2 premiere.  BRIARPATCH launched at 0.09.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.96 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE PARENT TEST was at 0.32/0.29 compared to last week’s 0.39.  THE CHASE was down 0.04 to 0.22. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.06 to 0.68, and GHOSTS ticked up to 0.63.  SO HELP ME TODD edged up 0.02 to 0.44, and CSI: VEGAS was down 0.02 to 0.36. NBC:  After a […]

>The top few programs on cable this week were generally good enough for third place in their time periods, including broadcast competition.  The 10:30 pm edition of Pawn Stars on History Monday hit a 1.8 rating with Adults 18-49 (down a few tenths from last week), just missing NBC’s Smash.  Monday 10 pm: #1 ABC […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS slipped 0.02 to 0.47, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE rose 0.07 to 0.51, SUPERMARKET SWEEP gained 0.02 to 0.37, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.03 to 0.33. CBS:  The network had the late afternoon NFL game for the first time since October 24, and compared to that night, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.1, down 0.6 from last week’s game, but still a high number for the season.  In addition, football adjustments dropped 60 MINUTES half a point in final numbers, while ELEMENTARY didn’t have the NFL to blame for a 0.2 fall after NCIS: LA and […]

> The season premiere episode of MAD MEN wasn’t screened at PaleyFest tonight.   Although the show airs a week from Sunday and virtually every other PaleyFest honoree screened an upcoming episode of its series, series creator/showrunner/Keeper Of All Mysteries Matthew Weiner wasn’t about to let the premiere out of his grasp.  In fact, he’d obviously […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  All of CBS’s shows dropped in final numbers, 60 MINUTES by 0.2, GARTH LIVE AT NOTRE DAME by 0.1, and the rerun NCIS: LA by 0.1.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.4, down 0.07 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]