NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of the SALVATION pilot lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD retook the Friday cable crown, up 0.02 from last week to 0.57. The two short episodes of Adult Swim’s pre-dawn WILLIAMS STREAM […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  We had waited for post-adjustment numbers to take a look at last night’s network ratings, so we’ll do that now. ABC:  the season finale of BATTLEBOTS fell 0.2 from last week to 0.6, and a MATCH GAME rerun followed at 0.4.  CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.3 to 1.6.  NBC, FOX […]

    Ratings in key demosfor the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): 7 of the day’s top 13 spots went to COLLEGE FOOTBALL on ESPN, Fox Sports 1 and ESPN2, with ESPN’s 10PM (eastern) game topping the night at 0.94.  HBO’s WCB boxing was at 0.58/0.52/0.36, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.9.  In addition, NBC’s TROLLS special lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had a pair of COLLEGE FOOTBALL games on Friday cable, led by the primetime Oklahoma vs. West […]

  What’s worse than shamelessly airing a piece of calculated trash designed to exploit both past and present celebrities, all for the sake of ratings?  Not getting those ratings.  Last night’s LIZ & DICK on Lifetime, despite all the publicity in the world, only managed a 1.0 rating in 18-49s, which is lower than a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The ABC and NBC coverage of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION adjusted up to 0.4 in final numbers (CBS stayed as its preliminary 0.2).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The arrival of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION brought the unusual sight of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.41, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD dropped 0.11 to 0.47, THE $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.09 to 0.35, and THE FINAL STRAW was down 0.11 to 0.17. CBS:  The season premiere of 60 MINUTES was hugely boosted by an NFL lead-in to 1.77.  BIG BROTHER rose […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, due to the many adjustments for sports in fast nationals, we’ll look at the week-vs-week comparisons here: ABC:  A special 20/20 salute to Aretha Franklin started the night at 0.6, then MATCH GAME was down 0.1 to 0.5, and TAKE TWO lost 0.2 to […]