NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS game went up 0.2 to 1.4 in final numbers, and CW’s run of the movie MEMORIAL DAY gained 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The official numbers for TNT’s Game 7 of the Western Conference NBA PLAYOFFS […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS and NBC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MYSTERIES DECODED lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  See Mitch Metcalf’s REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Night 4 ratings analysis for a detailed look at the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A SHARK TANK rerun at 0.38 was followed by 20/20, up 0.18 to 0.46. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME fell 0.07 to 0.18, followed by reruns at 0.17/0.21. NBC:  A rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.21 was followed by DATELINE, down a tick to 0.28. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.04 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The post-NFL adjustment gods were kind to CBS, where 60 MINUTES rose 0.2 to 2.7, and STAR TREK: DISCOVERY went up 0.3 to 1.9; in addition, the NCIS: LA rerun gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.3, down 0.8 from last week’s game.  On ABC, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 7.32.  In addition, FOR LIFE adjusted to the next tenth.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although the ratings were lower than in recent days, CNN was again dominant on Saturday cable with 15 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  QUANTICO dropped 0.1 (to 0.6) in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 was at the top of Monday cable with LOVE & HIP-HOP, up 0.07 from last week to 1.27.  The lead-out was the series premiere of […]

HBO’s True Blood ticked up to a 2.7 rating, its best showing since the season premiere on June 10.  So far this season, True Blood started with a 2.9, then settled into a 2.6 for four straight weeks before hitting a 2.7 this past Sunday in its 9 pm time period.   At 10 pm Sunday on HBO, The […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime network finals had ABC at 1.6 (down from 2.5/2.7 in 2016, when the network split up its night for ratings purposes), CBS at 1.1 (down from 2.4), NBC at 1.7 (down from 4.0), and FOX at 1.0 (compared to 1.2/0.5).         Broadcast Official Nationals […]