NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 1, thanks in part to its length which put it in primetime across all time zones, didn’t change at all in final numbers, remaining at 4.6.  Elsewhere, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, THE VOICE, THE FLASH and NCIS each gained 0.1.  Additional note:  WICKED CITY scored particularly badly among Men 18-34, tying (with […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up to 1.5 in final numbers.  In addition, MISTRESSES dropped 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  RIZZOLI & ISLES began its final season on TNT at 0.58/0.52 for back-to-back episodes, down from 0.75 for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.8 (not including the weather delay, which was separately rated), down 1.3 from the finals for the first CBS game last year.  In addition, GOTHAM, SUPERSTORE, THE GOOD PLACE, and WILL & GRACE gained an additional 0.1 in final numbers, but HOW TO GET […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 9PM episode of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and the SCORPION rerun lost the same.  That left CARMICHAEL SHOW at 50% of its LITTLE BIG SHOTS lead-in.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.4, down half a point from 2017’s Game 3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable, up 0.09 to 0.64.  A&E’s LIVE PD dropped 0.04 to 0.55, with the preceding clip […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down a tick to 0.64.  On Discovery, a GOLD RUSH special dropped 0.11 from last week’s regular episode to 0.53, and the lead-out […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s Notre Dame vs. Stanford COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 2.0 in final numbers, while ABC’s Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State game stayed at 1.4.  In addition, DATELINE lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN and COLLEGE FOOTBALL were in virtually sole possession of Saturday cable, with […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.2 after adjustment to 3.1, while ABC’s stayed at 1.4, and NBC’s BREEDERS CUP coverage remained at 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A quartet of ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL games took 4 of the day’s Top […]