NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of adjustments today.  THE BACHELORETTE and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT each gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did CBS’s coverage of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.  However, NBC’s Convention coverage, COUPLED, both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and ZOO all lost the same.           […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS gained 0.03 to 0.66, and AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.33. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD jumped 0.11 to 0.53, BOB HARTS ABISHOLA ticked up to 0.38, NCIS gained 0.04 to 0.44, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.04 to 0.34. NBC:  THE VOICE rose 0.05 to 0.55.  The season finale of THAT’S […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL aired on 3 networks, with CBS at 1.96, ABC at 1.12 and FOX at 0.92.  CW launched its new line-up of Saturday originals at 0.06/0.07.  NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rose 0.12 to 1.04. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS games were at […]

>ESPN’s coverage of the BCS National Championship for college football Monday tops the cable ratings chart for the week of January 3-9.  This year’s 8.7 rating for the title game is down from a 10.1 last year — not surprising because LSU was shut out. MTV’s Jersey Shore season premiere was the top entertainment program […]

      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: Saturday July 17, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up a tick to 0.57, with the lead-in hour up 0.07 to 0.35.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.44/0.42.  Discovery’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.3, down 0.4 from last week’s game.  In addition, SUPERNATURAL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s portion of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 1.09, down a tenth from last […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing for the first time since April 14, SHARK TANK gained 0.04 to 0.37, and 20/20 was up 0.02 to 0.29. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, the now-canceled SWAT dropped 0.09 to 0.30, FIRE COUNTRY was also down 0.09 to 0.32, and BLUE BLOODS was steady at 0.30. NBC:  After […]