NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.5.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.02 to 0.61, with the lead-in clip show at 0.37.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.47/0.47/0.25/0.24/0.20.  Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable, steady at 0.47, and FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA was also steady at 0.16.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL on ABC adjusted to 0.9, NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 0.5, and FOX’s MLB BASEBALL coverage adjusted to 0.4 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game towered over the rest of Saturday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER finale, the preceding clip-show hour and THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE  dropped 0.06 to 0.45.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY was steady […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BIG BROTHER both gained 0.1 in final numbers, and for once the AGT gain didn’t lead to a loss for TAXI BROOKLYN. Below are Wednesday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts (which actually cover the 157 most watched shows of the night once reruns are excluded).  Analysis and context […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game remained at 1.9 in final numbers, while FOX’s stayed at 0.5.  Elsewhere, the final hour of AQUARIUS gained 0.1 to a still-dismal 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As will mostly be the case every Saturday until […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL and THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GOOD GIRLS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was firmly at the top of Monday cable, led by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games at 1.54/1.38.  USA’s WWE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  An unusual number of adjustments for a day that didn’t feature sports preemptions or breaking news/weather interruptions.  THE MASKED SINGER rose 0.2 in final numbers, and BIG BROTHER, I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE, the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT finale and the recap hour all gained 0.1.          […]