NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the JANE THE VIRGIN season finale lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game led Monday cable at 2.05, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at […]

  Two pieces of diametrically opposed counterprogramming did just fine against last night’s WINTER OLYMPICS Closing Ceremony. THE WALKING DEAD easily beat the Olympics in 18-49s for the 3rd week in a row with a 6.6 rating, down 0.2 from last week.  It also had 13.1M total viewers (down 200K from last week).  That doubled […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM hour of 48 HOURS rose 0.1 in final numbers, and DESPICABLE ME 2 fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Saturday cable belonged to TBS and its Elite 8 NCAA TOURNAMENT games at 2.78/1.72.  The higher-rated late […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MAYWEATHER/MCGREGOR PRELIMS special on FOX fell 0.2 in final numbers to 0.9, and CBS’s NFL PRESEASON game lost 0.1 to 0.5.  Elsewhere, sports preemptions caused major adjustments, as the reruns on ABC fell a respective 0.5/0.4/0.3 to triple 0.4s, NBC’s shows were down 0.3/0.2 to 0.7/0.5, and FOX’s […]

Updated cable and broadcast rankings this week and last.

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GRAMMY AWARDS held the time-zone adjusted 7.8 from late yesterday, and the RED CARPET LIVE pre-show ended up at 2.1 after adjustment.  In addition, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and DATELINE lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ULTIMATE TAG and the rerun MASTERCHEF lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again at the top of cable, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.60/0.84/2.8M, Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.52/0.81/4.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION each gained 0.1 and SCANDAL fell the same in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The bombings in Syria put news at the top of Thursday cable.  CNN and Fox News […]