NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments at all from the preliminary Friday network ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader gave the network 2 of the night’s top 4 shows, with the late Chicago vs. Golden State game leading at 1.34, and the San Antonio vs. New […]

      NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, football adjustments lowered CBS’s numbers, although not as drastically as last week’s.  THE BIG BANG THEORY remained at 3.8 (up 0.1 from last week’s final), LIFE IN PIECES was down 0.2 to 1.8 (steady), MOM lost 0.1 to 1.7 (up 0.2), 2 BROKE GIRLS fell 0.2 to 1.7 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MIDDLE, ROSEWOOD, ARROW and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers (in other words, every 8PM show except MYSTERIES OF LAURA), but SVU went 0.1 in the other direction. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL was dominant and up 0.01 from last week to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NCIS and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS recaptured this morning’s 0.1 losses with bumps in final numbers.  THE FLASH also gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  What turned out to be the final episode of THE BASTARD EXECUTIONER, a fact not disclosed until after it aired, rose 0.05 […]

  We are pleased to present updated cable charts, providing even more relevant data each day. The color-coded Demographic Detail chart now includes the Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts (previously Top 40), and we have added ratings for three new demographic groups that are very important to advertisers and programmers, which means you will now see […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.0, down 1.4 from last week’s game.  Once the football adjustments were made at CBS, 60 MINUTES was up 0.4 to 3.6, MADAM SECRETARY was up 0.1 to 1.4, and CSI: CYBER, which didn’t begin airing on the east coast until 10:57PM, was at 1.0.  Broadcast Official […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE adjusted up 0.2 to 1.7 in finals, while 48 HOURS lost 0.1.  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.2 to 1.9, while FOX’s stayed put at 0.5.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With one exception, Saturday cable was again the land of COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Note that 20/20 is missing from the final nationals because it aired a special broadcast about the Paris attacks that didn’t include any commercials, and thus wasn’t covered by Nielsen.  (The same wasn’t true of the night’s DATELINE.)  Elsewhere, THE AMAZING RACE and WORLD’S FUNNIEST each lost 0.1 in finals. Broadcast Official […]