NETWORK UPDATE:  Sunday is one of the few nights without any local football preemptions, so these adjustments are to the Monday preliminary numbers.  Thanks to CBS’s PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage as its lead-in, 60 MINUTES retained its preliminary 1.5 rating, and BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 to 2.1.  The MADAM SECRETARY rerun, however, lost 0.1 to 0.6.  […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  A couple of notes:  because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE aired without commercials, it’s not included by Nielsen in their final broadcast numbers.  Also, it appears that FOX didn’t air national analysis after the Debate, and the number we had for that this morning was the combination of ratings from local affiliates. […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.7, up 1.5 from last week’s game.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 1.04, up 0.29 from last week’s game.  On MTV, JERSEY SHORE ticked up to 0.77, […]

Updated cable and broadcast program rankings for the week ending Sunday and the prior week.  As the May sweep ends and repeats begin to dominate summer schedules, the length of the list begins to contract.  (Remember we are only showing television programs registering a 1.5 adult 18-49 rating or higher.)  Missing the list was the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.06 to 0.53.  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were at 1.03, steady with last year’s 1.0. CBS:  Comparisons are to November 7, since FOX had the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES lost 0.06 to 0.58, THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.60, and NCIS: LA was steady […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): There’s not much doubt about what tops the ratings on Sunday cable, and AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD did so again, although it was down 0.26 to a mere 7.27.  TALKING DEAD followed as usual, down 0.06 […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday June 9, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, both THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT and THE GREAT HOLIDAY BAKING SHOW were 0.2 less great, respectively to 1.1 and 0.9.  On CBS, only SCORPION declined, and by 0.1.  The midseason finale of JANE THE VIRGIN also lost 0.1, without any football excuse.  Broadcast Official […]