BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Returning from a rerun week, HOLEY MOLEY gained 0.02 to 0.38, THE CHASE was up 0.06 to 0.36, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was at 0.23. CBS: Reruns at 0.35/0.27/0.28. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was steady at 0.64, and DANCING WITH MYSELF was down 0.06 to 0.30. FOX: Reruns at 0.21/0.17. […]
Breaking Bad‘s arrival was the big ratings news on Sunday night, while the launch of Political Animals wasn’t. HBO: TRUE BLOOD, as usual, took the night with a 2.7 that was a tick higher than last week, beating the season premiere of Big Brother on CBS and for that matter everything else on broadcast […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TLC’s mighty 90 DAY FIANCE franchise dominated Monday cable at 0.82/0.52/0.49, compared to last week’s 0.85/0.58/0.56. Bravo’s BELOW DECK dropped 0.08 to 0.55. USA’s WWE telecast […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Holiday reruns at 0.40/0.39/0.38/0.45/0.31. CBS: More holiday reruns at 0.27/0.28/0.24. NBC: The yearly run of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE was at 0.61, down 0.15 from 2020 but enough to win the night. FOX: The only original show on broadcast TV was WWE SMACKDOWN, down 0.04 to 0.48. CW: A rerun at […]
NETWORK FINALS: The BLACK-ISH rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On another day dominated by news programming, Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER was at 0.75/1.17/6.1M, with CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.56/0.81/2.8M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]
As we’ve noted before, we’ll mostly be taking a break from reporting Friday ratings until the fall season begins, but this past Friday had an arrival worth making an exception: the premiere of Cinemax’s THE KNICK. That show, despite the participation of director Steven Soderbergh and star Clive Owen, was designed more to draw prestige […]
NETWORK FINALS: NCIS: NEW ORLEANS lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Showtime’s HOMELAND ended its run at 0.24, up 0.06 from last week, and down 0.08 from last season’s finale. It was followed by the premiere of PENNY […]
NETWORK FINALS: BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The horsemen of the Apocalypse continued to ride, as TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER kept its Wednesday cable throne, down 0.04 to 0.59. On VH1, BLACK INK CREW gained […]