NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, FOOD FIGHTERS and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT exchanged 0.1s in final network numbers.  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and 20/20 each gained 0.1.  In addition, the FAMILY GUY rerun rose 0.1 and the SUPERNATURAL rerun dropped by the same. Below are the ratings in several demographic categories for the Top 25 original cable telecasts […]

> Other shows aired last night besides Mad Men. AMC:  Nevertheless, let’s start there.  Early numbers on the MAD MEN premiere give it the show’s biggest audience ever, higher than the season 4 premiere by a factor of over 20%, and with an 18-49 rating of around 1.2 that was 30% higher than last season’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The Christmas Night rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Christmas cable was all about NBA BASKETB ALL on TNT and ESPN, with TNT’s primetime game at 1.56, the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2.  At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun dropped 0.2 to 0.5.  Also down 0.1 were BIG BROTHER (to 2.0) and the MOM rerun (1.1).  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tis the season for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only significant adjustment (to the next tenth) was upward for NBC’s primetime news coverage.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN was by far Wednesday’s highest-rated network, with all of the day’s Top 10 programming for its coverage of the […]

      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 3, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, football adjustments lowered the ratings for DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR, each by 0.1.  In addition, LUCIFER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped 0.38 from last […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  JANE THE VIRGIN and the reruns of PENN & TELLER: FOOL US and SWAT all lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE again led Wednesday cable, down a tick to 0.46, with the debut of […]