BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After a HOLEY MOLEY rerun at 0.36, WHEN NATURE CALLS held at 0.20, and THE HUSTLER was up 0.03 to 0.22. CBS:  A 2-hour BIG BROTHER gained 0.07 to 0.94, followed by a BULL rerun at 0.20. NBC:  The series finale of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (and the last sitcom scheduled to air […]

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:  The highest rated shows were out of primetime, FOX’s afternoon MLB PLAYOFFS game at 1.09, and NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, down 0.22 from last week’s Kardashian episode to 0.82.  In primetime, ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was on top at 0.78.  CW’s WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS  were at […]

  TUESDAY TNT:  RIZZOLI & ISLES dipped a bit, down 150,000 total viewers to 5.3M and down 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 1.0, and PERCEPTION followed suit, down by just about the same margins to 3.4M total viewers and 0.7 in the demo. USA:  The numbers for SUITS and to a lesser extent COVERT […]

A&E’s Duck Dynasty is in a good position to win another week on all of television.  The second episode of this season is down only half a rating point from last week’s premiere to a 4.5 rating with adults 18-49.

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was dominant at 1.63, with FOX’s game at 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was again ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY (at 0.63) atop a pile of games at 0.59/0.42/0.41, with ESPN2’s at 0.20/0.13.  Hallmark aired a double feature of original movies, with CHRISTMAS […]

  CBS had been riding high on the back of some special events like the NCAA Tournament and the How I Met Your Mother finale, but last week it crashed to earth, falling three-quarters of a ratings point from the previous week and into 2d place.  That left all the broadcast networks looking fairly dismal.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  On another holiday night of reruns, the results for each network were as follows:  ABC 0.19-0.34, CBS 0.67/0.29 (THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was easily the night’s highest-rated show), NBC 0.26-0.29, FOX 0.24, CW 0.05-0.10.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl […]