NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary morning ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MSNBC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE was at 1.08/1.40/6.6M for the main body of the debate, and 0.89/1.18/5.6M for the overrun, above the 0.85 for the last MSNBC […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got better for ABC in Sunday’s final ratings, as every show on its primetime line-up went up:  ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION each by 0.03, and REVENGE and the ONCE clip show by 0.01.  CSI lost 0.1 in final ratings.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 8.7. Ratings in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable, steady at 0.47, and FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA was also steady at 0.16.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA and ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA tripleheader was at 0.91/0.87./0.29  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.64/0.61/0.56 compared to last week’s […]

> When you watched the tableau of the all-dead Harmon family in the season finale of AMERICAN HORROR STORY merrily trimming the tree while a Christmas carol played in the background, did you think “Oh boy, I can’t wait to see what terrors await them next season!”  Or “How long will Violet really resist the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TAKEN, which doesn’t have much room to spare, fell 0.1 to 1.2 in final numbers (the less-rounded number was 1.21, so it wasn’t all that close).  The rerun of KEVIN CAN WAIT gained 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MLB games adjusted up 0.1, and the GOD FRIENDED ME rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.02 to 0.62.  (We don’t cover theatrical movie airings here, […]

> While Showtime’s had success with original Monday night programming like Weeds and Nurse Jackie, HBO has had a harder time when it strays from its Sunday base. (Remember when they tried moving the final season of Six Feet Under to Mondays, and then had to move it back a few weeks later?)  Last night, […]