> Ratings for last night’s premiere of AMERICAN HORROR STORY on FX are promising, if not overwhelming.  The show’s 10PM initial airing was watched by about 2 million people 18-49, which should equal something like a 1.5 rating in that demo; when the night’s 2 rebroadcasts are added, the number goes to 3.2 million people […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA FINALS game adjusted to 6.5.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.75/0.65/0.59, compared to last week’s 0.82/0.79/0.73.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP dropped 0.05 to 0.67, and TI & TINY was down 0.06 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football-related adjustment, THE GREAT XMAS LIGHT FIGHT dropped 0.2 and the rerun THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.1.  In addition, THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and MAKING IT lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s […]

  On a night when nothing even came close to ESPN’s coverage of Game 4 of the Boston/Miami NBA PLAYOFFS with its lofty 4.9 rating, there was still plenty to see elsewhere on cable.   HBO:  GAME OF THRONES had a royal finale with a 2.2 rating among 18-49s, its highest rating ever (and of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Time zone adjustments on ABC pushed AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS down to 0.8, and raised the BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS to 2.6, although that was still down 0.6 from last year’s final rating.  In addition, BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR and THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LEGO MASTERS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News took up the Top 14 slots on Wednesday cable, with Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER at […]

  TNT’s much-ballyhooed launch of PERCEPTION scored very well in total audience, with a viewership of 5.6M people, holding on to 90% of its lead-in, the final season premiere of THE CLOSER.  But like The Closer, Perception skewed extremely old.  It will have around a 0.8 rating in 18-49s (slightly behind The Closer‘s 0.9), which means […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race and NBC’s 9PM episode of THE WALL lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim’s RICK & MORTY led Sunday scripted cable, down a tick to 0.67, with THE SHIVERING TRUTH down 0.02 […]