NETWORK FINALS:  CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER and CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.42/0.34/0.32/0.11/0.11.  TNT’s ALL ELITE WRESTLING jumped 0.16 to 0.42.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE GRAMMY AWARDS lost half a point after timezone adjustment, ending up with an 8.3 rating, well below last year’s final 9.9.  In addition, NBC’s run of THE HUNGER GAMES gained 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TAKEN, which doesn’t have much room to spare, fell 0.1 to 1.2 in final numbers (the less-rounded number was 1.21, so it wasn’t all that close).  The rerun of KEVIN CAN WAIT gained 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

  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:  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 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 […]