BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK dipped 0.06 to 0.43, GENERATION GAP dropped 0.09 to 0.30, and THE CON was down 0.08 to 0.23. CBS:  BIG BROTHER slipped 0.03 to 0.76, sandwiched between reruns at 0.29/0.28/0.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.20/0.22/0.19. FOX:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 0.82. CW:  BUMP gained 0.02 to 0.06, then after a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, due to football adjustments we’ll take a look at the final ratings for last night: ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY (0.5), FAMILY FOOD FIGHT (0.3) and REEF BREAK (0.2) were steady with last week’s finals. CBS:  BIG BROTHER (1.0) and the series finale of ELEMENTARY (0.4) […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 increases for THE BIG BANG THEORY and the 2 1/2 MEN finale in final numbers.  THE ODD COUPLE stayed where it was, but it was very steady throughout its half-hour (up 0.1 at 8:45PM), which is a promising sign.  In addition, SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER […]

  HBO:  Another wacko episode of TRUE BLOOD (Lilith!) topped the night in cable (and beat everything on broadcast TV except the Bachelorette finale/epilogue) with a 2.6 (a splendid 75% of the viewers under 50), down just slightly from last week.  And as much as THE NEWSROOM seems to infuriate at least half the people […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL on ABC adjusted to 0.9, NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 0.5, and FOX’s MLB BASEBALL coverage adjusted to 0.4 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game towered over the rest of Saturday […]

A&E’s Duck Dynasty sits atop the cable ranking of all telecasts midway through this week.  Of course, we are saving the top spot for Sunday’s Walking Dead on AMC.  Easter Sunday is one of those rare holidays that don’t really depress TV viewing — AMC should certainly run an original episode Sunday. The lists below show […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings, although in finals NBC broke out the post-show interview segment from the GOOD PLACE finale itself.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another TLC Thursday, with DR PIMPLE POPPER down […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS were adjusted to 1.6 (UCLA vs Gonzaga) and 2.5 (Duke vs. Utah).  The only other change from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 drop for the rerun of IZOMBIE. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy […]