NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week (4/17-19), afternoon cable posts, which usually appear around 1:30PM PDT, will likely be posted about 5PM PDT.     NETWORK FINALS:  MAN WITH A PLAN and THE RESIDENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but things got worse for the premiere of THE CODE, which lost […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 declines for THE LION KING, 1969, both reruns of NCIS, SONGLAND, MASTERCHEF JR and the rerun of THE FLASH in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.08 to 0.69, with back-to-back CHRISLEY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM rerun of THE GOLDBERGS lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the BRAD PAISLEY special rerun, broken out from the NFL part of the hour, was at 0.8.  CBS’s NFL game adjusted to 8.9.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DISNEY FAMILY SINGALONG gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE premiered low at 0.05, with LAST WEEK TONIGHT down 0.02 to 0.23, INSECURE steady at 0.16, and RUN holding […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.5, and CBS’s game adjusted to 2.5.  In addition, the rerun of THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of WEAKEST LINK and ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps in final numbers for THE GOLDBERGS, both hours of THE AMAZING RACE, CHICAGO FIRE, and THE MASKED SINGER.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN listed its NBA DRAFT ratings in segments at 1.10/0.67/0.39.  Cable news was […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): The NCAA TOURNAMENT was predictably at the top of Saturday’s cable ratings, with TBS scoring 4.89 with the Kentucky vs. Notre Dame game, and 2.63 for Wisconsin vs. Arizona.  Nothing else was remotely close, but […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1 and THE ISLAND fell 0.1 in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual on Mondays without special events, the cable night belonged to USA’s WWE coverage and VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP.  The former was at 1.38-1.25 over its 3 hours (up about a tenth from […]