For one last glorious night, Walter White truly was The One Who Knocks. AMC:  Ratings for the finale of BREAKING BAD smashed through even the huge expectations.  The show was watched by 10.3M people in its 9PM airing.  That was almost 40% higher than last week–which was itself a series record.  It was the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BOY BAND HOLIDAY was at 0.53, followed by a Monday edition of THE BACHELORETTE at 0.47. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.06 to 0.63, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was steady at 0.49, NCIS ticked down to 0.58, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.44. NBC:  THE VOICE lost 0.04 to 0.71.  A […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CROSSBONES can’t seem to hold onto a 0.6 rating, as it dropped again to a timbers-shivering 0.5.  20/20 climbed 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  Syfy’s WWE led the cable evening, up 0.1 to 0.8 amid the many FAMILY GUY and ROBOT CHICKEN reruns.  Its leadout THE ALMIGHTY JOHNSONS held onto very little of that at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing new episodes for the first time since December 17, SHARK TANK jumped 0.27 to 0.75, and 20/20 was up 0.36 to 0.70. CBS:  The season premiere of UNDERCOVER BOSS was at 0.49.  The remainder of the line-up aired for the first time since December 10, with MAGNUM PI down a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR fell 0.12 to 0.66, and PROMISED LAND was down 0.04 to 0.18. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION was at 0.42, down 0.05 from Sunday.  It was sandwiched between reruns at 0.48/0.36 and 0.20. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS were at 1.59, compared to 5.16 for the parallel night in 2018.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK returned from a week off steady at 0.55.  20/20 jumped 0.33 to 0.49. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS dropped 0.05 to 0.36, MAGNUM PI rose 0.06 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.03 to 0.46. NBC:  PARALYMPICS coverage was at 0.19, and DATELINE fell a tenth to 0.27.  A rerun […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was an extra 0.1 for THE GOOD WIFE, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, ONCE UPON A TIME and 60 MINUTES in final numbers.  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.7, 0.4 below the final for last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY rose 0.09 to 0.54.  The season finale of ABBOTT ELEMENTARY climbed 0.08 to 0.57, and the penultimate BLACK-ISH was also up 0.08 to 0.43.  TO TELL THE TRUTH gained 0.03 to 0.31. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, FBI slipped 0.03 to 0.63, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.02 to […]