The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next two weeks. Thursday 12/24 nationals available Monday 12/28 afternoon Friday 12/25 nationals available Tuesday 12/29 morning Saturday 12/26 nationals available Wednesday 12/30 morning Sunday 12/27 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  With the local football simulcast removed, both DANCING WITH THE STARS and CASTLE lost 0.1 from this morning’s numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL led the night’s cable, down 0.19 from last week’s game […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.9, down half a point from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, SUPERMARKET SWEEP and the movie COMING TO AMERICA gained 0.1 in final numbers, while 60 MINUTES and CARD SHARKS lost the same.  For the curious, the rounded zero for THE OUTPOST was actually 0.03.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC has been propping up BLINDSPOT by starting its airings at 10:01PM, and sometimes it catches up with the show in final numbers, as happened last night, with THE VOICE up 0.1 and BLINDSPOT down 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The last game of the 2020 WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.4, down 0.7 from the final rating for 2019’s Game 6.  Elsewhere, THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE CONNERS lost 0.1.  An additional note:  in finals, the 2 episodes […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the 8PM MASTERCHEF JR rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The latter rounds of ESPN’s NFL DRAFT were at 0.59, with the NFL Network coverage at 0.34. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s numbers were slightly shuffled in final numbers, with AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gaining 0.1 at the expense of TAXI BROOKLYN.  The MODERN FAMILY rerun gained 0.1, but the ARROW rerun lost the same. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The best that can be said for THE DIVIDE (WE) is that it stayed steady from its […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DATELINE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not surprisingly, the Independence Day Eve Mount Rushmore address boosted Fox News to the top of Friday cable, with FOX NEWS AT NIGHT at 0.53/0.86/5.4M, and with […]