NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s telecast of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP was huge, but at 8.00 it wasn’t quite as massive as last year’s 8.26.  Once again the sports […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 bumps for WHAT WOULD YOU DO, the new episode of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and the rerun of THE BRIEFCASE, but THE MESSENGERS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE dominated Friday cable at 0.97, despite a 0.11 decline from last week.  Lead-out CATCHING […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.2 on NBC, which was 0.3 below the last CBS final rating for a Thursday game.  Elsewhere, GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 for its midseason finale.  That’s only 0.3 below where GREY’S was at this point last year, while HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE, HOLIDAY WITH THE HOUGHS, GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.37, down 0.16 from last week.  USA’s WWE telecast was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.64.  FOX’s primetime PAC 12 TOURNAMENT coverage was at 0.32.  CW’s originals were at 0.06/0.02.  In late-night, NBC’s SNL ticked down to 0.80.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was Championship day for most college basketball tournaments, and ESPN’s games were at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NLCS MLB PLAYOFFS game dominated Friday cable at 1.13.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.54.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH returned at 0.48, with a lead-in hour at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS game on ABC adjusted to 1.9, and the NHL PLAYOFFS game on NBC went to 1.3 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With the night’s sports on the broadcast networks (an afternoon NHL PLAYOFFS game on NBC […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS benefited from afternoon adjustments, as SURVIVOR climbed 0.2 to 2.5, and both CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI: CYBER rose 0.1.  In addition, there were 0.1 bumps for THE MIDDLE and THE GOLDBERGS, as well as THE VOICE.  (None, however, for AMERICAN IDOL.)  The ARROW rerun on CW lost 0.1. Ratings in key […]