Amazingly, the phenomenon that is DUCK DYNASTY may still not have peaked.  Last night’s Season 4 premiere on A&E hit a new high, with 11.8M viewers (more than 2M more than April’s Season 3 finale), and an 18-49 number that should translate into a 5.0-5.1 rating (almost a full point above April’s 4.3).  That’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.07 to 0.62, and QUEENS was down 0.02 to 0.26. CBS:  Reruns at 0.47/0.38/0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE slipped 0.03 to 0.79, LA BREA fell 0.14 to 0.46 (between the 2 shows, the network ran a 5-minute promo for next summer’s JURASSIC WORLD installment, which was rated at 0.67).  […]

  Two pieces of diametrically opposed counterprogramming did just fine against last night’s WINTER OLYMPICS Closing Ceremony. THE WALKING DEAD easily beat the Olympics in 18-49s for the 3rd week in a row with a 6.6 rating, down 0.2 from last week.  It also had 13.1M total viewers (down 200K from last week).  That doubled […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Holiday reruns at 0.40/0.39/0.38/0.45/0.31. CBS:  More holiday reruns at 0.27/0.28/0.24. NBC:  The yearly run of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE was at 0.61, down 0.15 from 2020 but enough to win the night. FOX:  The only original show on broadcast TV was WWE SMACKDOWN, down 0.04 to 0.48. CW:  A rerun at […]

  In addition to the shows below, note that the 2d episode of THE KNICK (Cinemax) didn’t make the chart (it was #43 of the night’s cable originals) with a 0.13 rating in 18-49s and 419K total viewers.  That was encouragingly up from last week’s premiere (0.10/354K), although this week’s episode wasn’t available for viewing on VOD […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a week off, THE BACHELOR gained 0.04 to 0.77.  Despite that lead-in, the series premiere of PROMISED LAND could only manage 0.22. CBS:  The newly-renewed sitcoms were both up:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD by 0.11 to 0.72, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA by 0.09 to 0.58.  NCIS rose 0.07 to 0.61, and […]

  FRIDAY NETWORK UPDATE:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but UTOPIA remained at its dismal 0.5. Ratings for Friday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts in key demos (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As it usually does, WWE on Syfy took Friday night, down 0.04 from last week to 0.77, and perhaps not surprisingly, it’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The first SHARK TANK since January 28 ticked down to 0.55, and 20/20 was also up a tick to 0.47. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since January 28.  UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.06 to 0.39, MAGNUM PI slipped 0.02 to 0.43, and BLUE BLOODS was steady at 0.47. NBC:  […]