NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.2, down 1.3 from the final rating for last year’s Sunday night opener.  Afternoon football brought plenty of other adjustments:  on CBS, 60 MINUTES lost 0.1, while BIG BROTHER gained the same, and on FOX, the MASKED SINGER preview special gained 0.3, while the […]

  FRIDAY NETWORK UPDATE:  Some old business first:  Nielsen finally updated its “final” Friday ratings, and as expected, the entire ABC line-up had been seriously screwed up.  The actual finals for the network were 1.0 for BE MY VALENTINE, CHARLIE BROWN, 1.8 for SHARK TANK and 1.2 for 20/20, unchanged from the overnight numbers. SUNDAY […]

> UPDATE:  Glen Mazzara, who’d been Frank Darabont’s #2 on the WALKING DEAD writing staff,  has indeed been appointed to take over showrunning duties.  (Darabont’s continued presence, if any, is still being discussed.)  Mazzara has a lot of experience as a writer/producer on shows like Hawthorne, Crash and The Shield, but not as a show […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.45/0.36/0.43/0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.39/0.36/0.25/0.20. NBC:  Reruns at 0.37/0.26/0.26. FOX:  Following reruns at 0.15/0.15/0.15, a new DUNCANVILLE was at 0.14 compared to last week’s 0.19/0.20.  A rerun FAMILY GUY followed at 0.15. CW:  A pair of specials:  BLACK PACK at 0.03, and BRANDON LEAKE at 0.02. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF, the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT recap show, and the reruns of MODERN FAMILY and FRESH OFF THE BOAT each gained 0.1 in final numbers, while WAYWARD PINES lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s ROYAL PAINS finished its run at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Even with the night’s football simulcast removed from the CBS ratings, THE BIG BANG THEORY managed to go up by 0.1 in final numbers to 4.3.  However, the rest of the network’s schedule crashed, as MOM fell 0.3 to 2.3, 2 1/2 MEN by 0.2 to 2.1, THE MCCARTHYS by 0.2 to […]

      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: Friday May 14, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  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), […]