NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings, although in finals NBC broke out the post-show interview segment from the GOOD PLACE finale itself.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another TLC Thursday, with DR PIMPLE POPPER down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FAMILY GUY gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun LITTLE BIG SHOTS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD had its familiar Week 2 tumble, down two-tenths to 1.00, with the premiere of DISPATCHES […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun LAST MAN STANDING lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun LEGACIES managed to round up to 0.1 (we don’t have the number to the next decimal place).         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The day’s news was led […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was at the top of Tuesday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.39/0.61/4M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.32/0.49/3.8M, and CNN TONIGHT at […]

>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 […]

    NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: […]

> Ratings for last night’s premiere of AMERICAN HORROR STORY on FX are promising, if not overwhelming.  The show’s 10PM initial airing was watched by about 2 million people 18-49, which should equal something like a 1.5 rating in that demo; when the night’s 2 rebroadcasts are added, the number goes to 3.2 million people […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 17, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]