BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.65, consistent with the previous games. CBS:  LET’S MAKE A DEAL dropped 0.07 to 0.34, followed by reruns at 0.43/0.26. NBC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.26/0.30. FOX:  MASTERCHEF slipped 0.02 to 0.44, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was down 0.07 to 0.27. CW:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 4.7, half a point below last year’s final rating.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Starz’s POWER returned from a 2-month break up 0.02 to 0.44, with the POWER CONFIDENTIAL lead-out steady at 0.20.  On Showtime, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final ratings, and the WORLD DOG AWARDS also retrieved an extra 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Sports topped Thursday cable, with TNT’s NBA doubleheader at 1.01/0.73, and Syfy’s WWE coverage between them […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUPER BOWL 50 adjusted to 37.7 in final numbers, a gigantic number but not the equal of last year’s 39.1.  LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT ended up at 7.7 for a show that began at 10:54PM ET and ended at 12:02AM.  That compared to last year’s 8.4 for the post-Super Bowl […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was season finale night, and the line-up fared as follows:  THE GOLDBERGS at 0.39 (down 0.03 from last week and down 0.19 from last season), THE WONDER YEARS at 0.33 (up 0.03 from last week), THE CONNERS at 0.42 (up a tick from last week and down 0.14 from 2021), […]

        CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AGENTS OF SHIELD and THE MICK gained 0.1 in final numbers, while IZOMBIE and 48 HOURS: NCIS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NatGeo’s much-hyped GENIUS debuted at 0.23, skewing very old with a 0.95 score in […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of THE BLACKLIST and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT had the night’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 2.91.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC ticked up to 0.47.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.37, the line-up returned from an off-week with CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD up 0.07 to 0.58, THE $100,000 PYRAMID up 0.02 to 0.44, and THE FINAL STRAW up 0.07 to 0.28. CBS:  BIG BROTHER jumped 0.28 to 0.82, sandwiched between reruns at 1.05 (swollen […]