BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Reruns at 0.37/0.37. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATIONS dropped 0.07 to 0.25, and GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS was down 0.05 to 0.21, with a primetime SUNDAY MORNING special at 0.12. NBC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.34. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.03 to 0.62. CW:  BURDEN OF TRUTH ticked down to 0.03, and DYNASTY held at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  THE GREAT AMERICAN TAG SALE was at 0.35, and THE AMERICAN RESCUE DOG SHOW was at 0.25. CBS:  The season finale of SURVIVOR was at 0.79, down 0.13 from last week and down two-tenths from the December 2021 finale (however, in December it was presented as a 2-hour finale and separate lower-rated […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from this morning was a 0.1 bump for MASTERCHEF. CABLE UPDATE:  The season finale of DUCK DYNASTY jumped by two-tenths to 1.04, easily winning the cable night.  However, that was down a tremendous 0.39 from the August 2014 finale.  Lead-out WAHLBURGERS only benefited from the DYNASTY finale to the tune […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The CMA AWARDS were at 1.12, steady with last year’s 1.1. CBS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.02 to 0.95, TOUGH AS NAILS gained 0.02 to 0.39, and CSI: VEGAS was up 0.03 to 0.36. NBC:  The CHICAGO shows had a down night:  MED by a tick to 0.71, FIRE by 0.08 to 0.70, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the BIG BANG THEORY rerun, while the ORIGINALS rerun lost 0.1.  With quarter-hour numbers available, the value of the VOICE lead-in to THE NIGHT SHIFT is even clearer, as over the course of the latter’s hour, it tumbled 1.9/1.3/1.1/1.1, although it kept its […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 bumps for BIG BROTHER and MASTERCHEF in final numbers, as well as for the reruns of BLACKISH and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR.  BULLSEYE, though, lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  DUCK DYNASTY led Wednesday cable with a 0.87 season premiere, followed by 0.43/0.40 for the 2-episode premiere of COUNTRY BUCKS.  After a 0.61 lead-in from […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX has asked that the ratings for EMPIRE be counted as two separate hours, and that gives them adjusted numbers of 6.1 for 8-9PM, and 6.9 for 9-10PM, with an astonishing 7.2 for the show’s final 15 minutes.  (The overall 2-hour average is 6.5, up 0.1 from the morning ratings.)  On CW, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE and the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The cable day and cable news were led by CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.29/0.44/2.7M, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.22/0.36/3M, […]