NETWORK FINALS:  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS adjusted up to 3.2 when the live west coast airing was adjusted into the number, but that was still a long way from last year’s 3.8.  The same adjustments pushed AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS down 0.2.  In addition, UNDERCOVER BOSS and the season finale of THE SIMPSONS […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CHICAGO FIRE lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the PERSON OF INTEREST rerun, while the rerun of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained a tenth. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL game eked out a narrow victory […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE went up an extra 0.1 in final numbers (it actually hit 5.0 in its last 15 minutes), but CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS, SURVIVOR and the rerun of THE MIDDLE all lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a very subdued […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN COUNTRY COUNTDOWN AWARDS lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, CROWDED and the LITTLE BIG SHOTS rerun.  The new LITTLE BIG SHOTS, however, gained 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A particularly eventful GAME OF THRONES gave […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the rerun of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MIDNIGHT, TEXAS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although the season premiere of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK was the clear winner of Wednesday […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUPERGIRL stayed at 2.2 in final numbers, and there was no change for BLINDSPOT, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND or JANE THE VIRGIN, either.  (For those who care, BLINDSPOT actually outrated SUPERGIRL very slightly, 2.24 to 2.19.)  NCIS: LA, however, gained 0.1, as did THE VOICE.  Post-football adjustment, DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.1, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW’s premiere became even less impressive with a 0.1 dip in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  WGNAmerica’s UNDERGROUND premiered at 0.39, even better than the 0.33 premiere of OUTSIDERS earlier this season.  CNN’s airing of the Univision DEMOCRATIC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Both ONCE UPON A TIME and QUANTICO gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did THE SIMPSONS, but both THE CARMICHAEL SHOW and CROWDED fell the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was by far the highest-rated […]