But first: NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and FOOD FIGHTERS exchanged 0.1s in final numbers, with AGT gaining the additional tenth at FOOD FIGHTERS’ expense. Below is our Top 25 chart of last night’s original cable telecasts (the #25 title on this list was the 80th-most watched cable telecast of the day), with various […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the ABC town hall special THE PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE ran without commercials, it wasn’t counted in Nielsen’s final numbers for Thursday. Elsewhere, BONES and SPARTAN each rose 0.1, while AQUARIUS and the LIFE IN PIECES rerun were each down the same.         Broadcast […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.8 in finals.  Local preemptions may have hit NBC, as the rerun of SUPERSTORE and DATELINE both fell 0.2, and the SNL rerun was down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led […]

> There’s almost an embarrassment of riches on Sunday night cable, enough good shows to overload a DVR.  Since many of these series are among the most talked-about (and honored) on all of television, we’re going to start paying attention to them. HBO:  GAME OF THRONES was perfectly poised to become a Season 2 phenomenon, […]

      BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  The line-up was down:  PRESS YOUR LUCK by 0.05 to 0.42, THE $100,000 PYRAMID by a tick to 0.50, and SUPERSTAR by 0.05 to 0.30. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.04 to 0.90  HOUSE CALLS WITH DR PHIL premiered at 0.27, followed by the special DECLASSIFIED at 0.21. NBC:  AMERICA’S […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Local college basketball tournament adjustments weren’t kind to the networks.  BLUE BLOODS fell 0.2 in final numbers, while AGENTS OF SHIELD, TAKEN, and CONFRONTING PUTIN all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  But what was bad for the broadcasters […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SUPERSTORE rerun gained 0.1 and the THIS IS US rerun lost the same in final numbers.  In addition, as expected after adjustment for a preemption in NY, both the reruns of ARROW and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS and BULL each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s Golden State vs. Oklahoma City NBA game topped Tuesday cable at 1.04, with the early Washington vs. Philadelphia game at 0.46.  On History, CURSE OF […]