BREAKING BAD kicked off its 5th season in fine style for AMC last night, recording the show’s most-watched episode (2.9M viewers, up 14% from the Season 4 premiere), and what should be a 1.4 in the 18-49 demo, a whopping 34% year-to-year increase (2/3 of its viewers were under 50).  That means the show […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast topped Monday cable at 1.22/1.21/1.00, compared to last week’s 1.06/1.03/1.00.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.96/0.90, compared to last week’s 0.78/0.61.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MASTERS OF ILLUSION, THE BIG STAGE and the 9PM PEAKING lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, but dropped 0.09 to 0.50, and the lead-in clip […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  The only change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 boost for AMERICA’S GOT TALENT.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS led the night, down 0.02 from last week to 0.75.  Discovery, back from SHARK WEEK, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB baseball coverage adjusted to 0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.29.  Discovery’s Shark Week continued with SHARKS GONE WILD at 0.24, SHARKS OF GHOST ISLAND at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.58.  The season premiere of CBS’s 48 HOURS was at 0.23.  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.74.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked down to 0.04.  Univision’s LIGA match was at 0.55.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL was inevitably at […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday May 26, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will likely be posted initially in preliminary form, to be updated and in the full regular format later in the day.  The Top 40 Cable Originals Chart has been updated. NETWORK UPDATE:  DATELINE and the reruns of MASTERCHEF and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MASTERS […]