Cable and broadcast weekly rankings.  The annual BET Awards took the #1 position for the week with adults 18-49, edging the premiere of Under the Dome for the weekly crown.

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game led primetime at 0.79.  NBC’s SNL dropped a tenth to 0.82.  On CW, GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN premiered at 0.09, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was up 0.03 to 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.59/0.43/0.36/0.32/0.31, and TOP RANK BOXING was […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The season premiere of MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR premiere as well as WAYWARD PINES lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hockey and soccer scored well on Wednesday cable, with 0.95 for NBC Sports Net’s […]

HBO’s True Blood hit a 2.8 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday, almost working its way back to the season high (the 2.9 rating for the premiere episode on June 10). And VH1’s Love and Hip Hop Atlanta ended its season on a high note, matching the season high of a 2.0 rating, last seen on July 23.   ESPN’s Monday […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the movie ZOOTOPIA at 0.23 was followed by a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.12. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.21/0.22. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.31, followed by a rerun WEAKEST LINK at 0.25. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS fell 0.09 to 0.27, and BEAT SHAZAM was down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE led the night at 0.96, although that was down from 1.2 for the previous installment in December 2019.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (which will return in January) premiered at 0.63.  QUEENS returned from a week off, up 0.08 to 0.34. CBS:  The line-up aired new episodes […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted late yesterday, THE OSCARS adjusted to 7.7, up 0.9 from last year’s finals, and in addition, LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET adjusted to 2.6.  Elsewhere, the rerun of FBI lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC did the 0.1 network finals shuffle, with DANCING WITH THE STARS up 0.1 and CONVICTION down 0.1 to a new low 0.7.  In addition, THE VOICE, GOTHAM and THE BIG BANG THEORY each gained 0.1, while 2 BROKE GIRLS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]