The day’s top 25 cable originals are listed below (actually reaching #134 on the night’s overall cable list, if reruns were included), with some context and analysis under that.  But first: NETWORK UPDATE:  The football adjustments didn’t affect NBC’s numbers, but all of ABC’s shows lost 0.1 in the final count.    Football trumped sharks […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  With all the sports and political preemptions and shifts, there were lots of changes from this morning’s numbers.  On NBC, BIGGEST LOSER, A TO Z and PARENTHOOD each lost 0.2, putting them at 1.1/0.7/1.3, and BAD JUDGE dropped 0.3, down to 0.9.  On CBS, BIG BANG THEORY gained back only 0.1 of this […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE, CHICAGO FIRE, AGENTS OF SHIELD, NCIS, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS  all grew by 0.1 in final numbers, but ONE BIG HAPPY shrank by the same amount.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games ruled the night, with 1.92 for the Clippers/Spurs duel, and 1.41 for the early game.  Not sure what […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MASTERCHEF JR  lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH easily won the night despite dropping 0.11 from last week to 1.23.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.71/0.68.  On Lifetime, BRING IT lost 0.09 to […]

              Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL returned to NFL Network (shared with NBC), and its 1.19 was up 0.03 from 2 weeks ago.  On USA, CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST rose 0.04 from last week to 0.41, and THE CROMARTIES ticked down to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The New Year’s Eve ratings adjustments were 0.1 changes to reruns, down for SEAL TEAM and DATELINE, up for the 9PM THE WALL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There was very little new on cable TV on New Year’s Eve.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.5, the same rating as last year’s season premiere.  As expected, there were major adjustments at FOX, where a rerun of THE SIMPSONS fell from 3.8 to 1.1, the 8:30PM LAST MAN STANDING rerun dropped from 1.2 to 0.6, and the FAMILY GUY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox News’s THE STORY led both cable news and the day overall at 0.56/0.87/4.8M, with CNN’s ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT at 0.41/0.56/2.2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]