NETWORK UPDATE:  Sunday is one of the few nights without any local football preemptions, so these adjustments are to the Monday preliminary numbers.  Thanks to CBS’s PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage as its lead-in, 60 MINUTES retained its preliminary 1.5 rating, and BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 to 2.1.  The MADAM SECRETARY rerun, however, lost 0.1 to 0.6.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  At CBS, BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 in final numbers and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost 0.1.  (EXTANT stayed where it was.)  The BLACKISH rerun dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The sharks won yet again, as Discovery’s week swam on.  This time, SUPER PREDATOR was at 1.51, NINJA SHARKS was at 1.44, and SHARK AFTER DARK was […]

  HBO:  Another wacko episode of TRUE BLOOD (Lilith!) topped the night in cable (and beat everything on broadcast TV except the Bachelorette finale/epilogue) with a 2.6 (a splendid 75% of the viewers under 50), down just slightly from last week.  And as much as THE NEWSROOM seems to infuriate at least half the people […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.3/1.3 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, DATELINE fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was once again all about the NCAA TOURNAMENT, with 15 of the Top 20 slots going […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, NBC’s preliminary ratings were quite different after adjustment for the NASCAR overrun.  That scored 1.1, and then SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MEGYN KELLY was at 0.5 (still up 0.1 from last week, probably because of the 9PM airtime), as was the SPARTAN finale.           […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.59.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for the NCIS: LA rerun and 48 HOURS, while NBC’s reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and WEAKEST LINK dropped 0.1 and 0.2 respectively.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ALL RISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and BULL lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE RAW was at 0.71/0.68/0.68 compared to last week’s 0.76/0.75/0.70, and BRIARPATCH was down 0.06 to 0.15.  On VH1, LOVE & […]

[Broadcast chart updated with Amazon Prime Video NFL Thursday Night Football]     BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE special at 0.48, a run of the movie HOCUS POCUS (tying in with the new Disney+ sequel) was at 0.42. CBS:  On premiere night, YOUNG SHELDON returned at 0.51, down 0.19 from last […]