NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.0 in final numbers, and FOX’s game adjusted to 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A typical fall cable Saturday, dominated by sports and late-night animation. ESPN had 3 games in the Top […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  TAXI BROOKLYN dropped 0.1 in adjusted numbers (as usual), allowing EXTANT to claim victory in its new 10PM slot.  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, as did several of the ABC reruns, including MODERN FAMILY, which climbed to 1.1. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  As we ponder the increasing excellence of cable drama, let’s take […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The ALL-STAR GAME adjusted up to 2.2 in final numbers, but AMERICA’S GOT TALENT also adjusted up, adding 0.1 to 2.4, sealing its victory for the night.  Elsewhere, the reruns of NCIS and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS were respectively up 0.1 and down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

>The lack of schedule flexibility (as NBC has with its late season Sunday Night Football games) has hurt the Monday and Thursday night football franchises recently.  When match-ups feature teams with little to no playoff chances, ratings drift downward (although Monday and Thursday Night Football still sit atop the weekly cable ratings chart).  Discovery’s American […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE GOLDBERGS, THE CONNERS, CALL YOUR MOTHER, CHICAGO FIRE and NAME THAT TUNE.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dropped 0.04 to 0.54.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.33/0.23.  […]

Presidential Election coverage on the combined seven major networks (the four broadcast networks plus CNN, Fox News Channel and MNSBC) averaged just over 61 million people (two years or older) in an average minute of prime time between 8 and 11 pm ET Tuesday 11.8.2016, above the incumbent re-election years of 2004 and 2012 (each under […]

  History Channel, which just entered the world of scripted television 2 days ago, now owns the #1 and #2 scripted programs in the history of basic cable, as the 2d installment of HATFIELDS & MCCOYS barely declined from Monday’s premiere.  Tuesday’s episode was down only around 5% from Part 1, to about 13 million […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the early numbers for Friday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports continued its reign over cable, with Fox Sports 1’s MLB PLAYOFFS game on top at 1.56.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL doubleheader was at 0.80/0.76.  The […]