BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.46/0.47/0.37/0.17 CBS:  The network again had the late national NFL game, then 60 MINUTES down 0.19 to 1.44, THE EQUALIZER up a tenth to 0.84, NCIS LA down 0.11 to 0.56, and SEAL TEAM up a tick to 0.40. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 4.36, down 0.23 from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS have arrived, and ESPN’s trio of games dominated Saturday cable at 1.60/1.24/1.16, with the Miami vs. Philadelphia game at the top.  A&E’s LIVE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Due to the combination of holidays, football and specials, the English-language networks hadn’t aired their regular Sunday line-ups in several months, so we won’t be including weekly comparisons here. ABC:  After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.43, the season premiere of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.61, down 0.32 from the February 2022 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CRISTELA lost 0.1 and SHARK TANK, DATELINE, HART OF DIXIE and MASTERS OF ILLUSION gained that same amount in final ratings.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery held 3 of the top 4 slots on Friday cable, with GOLD RUSH […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  Just when it seemed as though things couldn’t get worse for MULANEY, they did, as the show fell 0.1 in final numbers to 1.0.  MADAM SECRETARY and THE SIMPSONS each gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 8.2, a big 1.6 above last week’s Sunday night game. Ratings in key demos for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Friday preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was once again sports-heavy.  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games sandwiched the NFL DRAFT coverage shared between the mothership network, ESPN2, and NFL Network.  The NBA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELORETTE, THE VOICE, the WEAKEST LINK rerun and FBI gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND rose 0.05 to 0.57, with the lead-out hour down 0.04 to 0.24.  Cable news was […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): March Madness continued to reign over Saturday cable, as NCAA TOURNAMENT games took all of the Top 4 slots, paced by the late-evening TBS game at 1.42.  (Even an NIT game hit the Top 10, with […]