BROADCAST FINALS: The top-rated primetime telecast was ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 0.69, with NBC’s game at 0.58. CW’s original shows were at 0.05/0.07. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rose 0.21 to 1.03. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: As usual, Saturday cable was dominated by sports. TBS’s NLCS MLB PLAYOFFS game was […]
RIZZOLI & ISLES has been one of TNT’s most reliable hits, and it launched Season 4 last night in very healthy fashion. The show was up from its Season 3 premiere in all measurements, with 6.6M total viewers (an increase of more than 1M) and a 1.4 in 18-49s (up 0.2). That’s quite old-skewing, […]
AMC: Although still massive, THE WALKING DEAD has been consistently falling, down another 0.3 this week to 5.7 (plus another 1.0 from the 11PM re-airing). It’ll be interesting to see how the fall finale scores on Sunday (last year’s had a 5.4, even with the week that preceded it). TALKING DEAD was also down, […]
NETWORK FINALS: Note that because the STAND UP TO CANCER special aired without commercials, Nielsen didn’t include it in final numbers. Beyond that, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Cinemax’s QUARRY premiered at a lackluster 0.06. The […]
NETWORK FINALS: MACGYVER and both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE NOTE: Because so many people have asked, note that we have no ratings at all for the Pursuit service, including for […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The season finale of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.39, down 0.34 from last week (without an NBA Playoffs lead-in), and down 0.11 from last season’s finale. The season finale of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.83, down 0.09 from last week and up 0.07 from last season. CBS: After 60 […]
NETWORK FINALS: The RED NOSE DAY special dropped 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC topped Thursday cable, down 0.08 to 0.37, with TOP CHEF down 0.02 to 0.27. Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE FLASH, ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO and THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT all lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games led Tuesday cable at 1.14/0.90., with NBATV’s game at 0.17 On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN dipped […]