Updated broadcast and cable ranking for the past week and the week before.  Live programming occupied the top eight spots in the week’s program ranking:  basketball and hockey playoffs, the final two episodes of The Voice, Nik Wallenda walking a tight rope near the Grand Canyon, and an America’s Got Talent episode.  True Blood was the top scripted program (in […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.07 to 0.44, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE lost 0.06 to 0.37, SUPERMARKET SWEEP slipped 0.02 to 0.34, and THE ROOKIE ticked up to 0.33. CBS:  The network of course peaked with its afternoon coverage of the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME at 12.41.  Primetime was a set of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted on Saturday morning, since all the networks were disrupted by the 9PM presidential address, we’ll look at the Friday ratings more closely today now that we have adjusted finals. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME (0.4), AGENTS OF SHIELD (0.5) and 20/20 (0.4) were all down 0.1 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to baseball preemptions of CW’s line-up in NY, adjustments pushed SUPERNATURAL down 0.2 and ARROW down 0.1.  Elsewhere, GREY’S ANATOMY and THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MOM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE gained 0.04 to 0.49, THE ROOKIE: FEDS rose 0.05 to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was steady at 0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 0.37/0.29/0.24. NBC:  Back from a rerun week, NIGHT COURT dropped 0.05 to 0.38.  AMERICAN AUTO held at 0.24, THE VOICE climbed 0.04 to 0.50, and THAT’S MY JAM […]

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK dropped 0.07 to 0.53, while 20/20 jumped 0.16 to 0.47. CBS:  SWAT lost 0.05 to 0.44, MAGNUM PI slipped 0.02 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.05 to 0.41. NBC:  THE WALL was at 0.33, and DATELINE was up 0.02 to 0.40. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked down to 0.56. […]

    BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s WORLD SERIES Game 2 was at 2.42, down 0.43 from Game 1, but up 0.18 from 2021’s Game 2 (on a Wednesday).  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 1.30.  CBS’s NWSL CHAMPIONSHIP was at 0.23.  On CW, MAGIC WITH THE STARS ticked down to 0.04, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY rose 0.05 to 0.45, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was steady at 0.49, BLACK-ISH ticked up to 0.35, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down 0.05 to 0.28. CBS:  Reruns at 0.45/0.38/0.30. NBC:  YOUNG ROCK slipped 0.02 to 0.32, and MR MAYOR was also down 0.02 to 0.27.  THIS IS US […]