NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, while RIVERDALE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS were again at the top of cable, with games on TNT at 1.68/1.23.  NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.9, up 0.1 from last week’s final.  Elsewhere, on CBS, 60 MINUTES gained 0.1 and MADAM SECRETARY lost the same, while on FOX, BOB’S BURGERS fell 0.2 after football adjustment and FAMILY GAME rose 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers (and the mini-JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE adjusted to 1.2).  Elsewhere, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE gained 0.1, but both REIGN and the new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.         […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.04 to 0.68, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.39. CBS:  The CMT MUSIC AWARDS relocated from cable, and zoomed from last year’s 0.13 to 0.67. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST held at 0.28, and THE ENDGAME returned from a week off up a tick to 0.21. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM, 8:30PM and 9:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns each lost 0.1 in final numbers after adjustment for local baseball preemptions.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even SHARK WEEK couldn’t dislodge VH1 and USA from the top of Monday […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 gained 0.07 to 0.61, GREY’S ANATOMY jumped 0.13 to 0.64, and BIG SKY was up 0.08 to 0.33. CBS:  The broadcast NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 1.86/2.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.43/0.31. FOX:  MASTERCHEF JR ticked up to 0.40, then CALL ME KAT slipped 0.03 to 0.33, and WELCOME TO […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the NBA FINALS was a bit higher than previous games at 3.99. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.27/0.23/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR fell 0.13 to 0.34, and WEAKEST LINK was down 0.05 to 0.30. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS dropped 0.05 to 0.32, and BEAT SHAZAM was down 0.09 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Nielsen never posted preliminary ratings for Sunday and went straight to finals.  Of course, the only network that mattered was CBS, where the SUPER BOWL’s 26.48 in the 18-49 demo was down approximately 2.52 from the 2020 game, although some of that may have been made up via streaming […]