NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up to 0.9, and NBC’s NHL ALL-STAR GAME adjusted down to 0.5.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.12 to 0.59.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.56/0.41/0.37.  On a […]

  Last night’s midseason premiere of THE WALKING DEAD was disappointingly sluggish, uncompelling, and in its ending, downright silly.  None of that mattered at all to its hordes of fans, though.  The show returned with a gigantic 5.7 rating in 18-49s for its 9PM airing alone (against The Grammys, no less), outrating everything on network […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 0.8.  Elsewhere, LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY episodes lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 0.96/0.59.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS jumped two-tenths to 0.85, AMERICAN IDOL rose 0.13 to 1.06, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.07 to 0.51. CBS:  60 MINUTES lost 0.02 to 0.62, THE EQUALIZER gained 0.02 to 0.60, NCIS: LA was also up 0.02 to 0.51, and SWAT gained 0.06 to 0.51. NBC:  After […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The line-up returned from a week off, and after a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.48, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD dropped 0.07 to 0.50, THE CHASE fell a tenth to 0.37, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was down 0.07 to 0.30. CBS:  60 MINUTES is back to receiving giant boosts from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BH90210 and BIG BROTHER each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 topped Wednesday cable, with the return of BLACK INK CREW at 0.55/0.42, and BASKETBALL WIVES up 0.03 to 0.51.  Paramount’s YELLOWSTONE slipped 0.02 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CONNERS and the rerun of FBI gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND ticked down to 0.66, and KINGS OF PAIN was up 0.04 to 0.28.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR was steady at 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.02 to 0.32. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.29/0.26/0.22. NBC:  The season premiere of THE VOICE was at 0.69, up 0.02 from its September 2022 premiere.  QUANTUM LEAP fell 0.08 to 0.27. FOX:  9-1-1 aired for the first time since November […]