NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS and THE EXORCIST lost 0.1 in final numbers, pushing the latter to a pitiful 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s USC vs. Stanford COLLEGE FOOTBALL game topped Friday cable at 0.99.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH gained 0.03 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Friday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH and its follow-up hour were at 0.71/0.54, compared to last week’s 0.69/0.47.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.70/0.52.  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.05 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD ticked up to 0.49.  ESPN’s coverage of the UFC PRELIMS was at 0.48.  Food Network’s morning trio had PIONEER WOMAN up 0.06 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Notwithstanding the football preemption, ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS and the VOMO special held this morning’s early numbers.  However on CW, the new and rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY as well as PENN & TELLER: FOOL US all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s coverage of the PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME adjusted to 0.9.  Elsewhere, MACGYVER and DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH franchise was again at the top of Friday cable, at 0.46/0.38/0.26 compared to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s NBA FINALS game adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and correspondingly the lead-in JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shrank to 1.4.  Elsewhere, the BONES season finale gained 0.1, as did all the CBS sitcom reruns. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy’s WWE coverage took the cable night with 0.73, up 0.14 from last week.  That didn’t help the […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hurricane Irma was the star of Thursday cable, with The Weather Channel owning 16 of the Top 30 slots, including all of the Top 5  (led by 0.58 for the 8PM hour), and 6 more for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for local MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, ABC’s BACHELOR IN PARADISE was up 0.1 from last week’s final to 1.2, and GRAND HOTEL was steady at 0.4.  Similarly, after football adjustment, NBC’s AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was steady at 0.8 and DATELINE was up 0.2 to 0.6.  At CBS, […]