NETWORK UPDATE:  Everything remained as-is from the previously reported Wednesday numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable tWednesday, ratings, spotlight, cable AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW (FX) returned from its holiday break to easily top Wednesday cable at 1.46.  It was followed by DUCK DYNASTY at 0.87, with lead-out WAHLBURGERS […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted down to 1.2 in final numbers, and everything on NBC and FOX dropped by 0.1-0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports dominated Saturday cable, with TBS’s MLB PLAYOFFS game on top at 1.50.  ESPN had […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.2 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, after baseball adjustments, the CW reruns fell to 0.2/0.1.  In addition, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (up) and WORLD OF DANCE (down) swapped 0.1s, and BEAT SHAZAM gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   Freeform’s THE BOLD […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The rich got richer in final numbers, as AMERICA’S GOT TALENT climbed 0.2 to a towering 2.9.  (Note that SOMEWHERE BETWEEN did retain its preliminary 0.4 in finals, for what it’s worth.)           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s MANHUNT: UNABOMBER […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  QUANTICO dropped 0.1 (to 0.6) in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 was at the top of Monday cable with LOVE & HIP-HOP, up 0.07 from last week to 1.27.  The lead-out was the series premiere of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.4 in final numbers, up 0.2 from last week (which faced the World Series).  Post-football adjustment, 60 MINUTES lost 0.4, and MADAM SECRETARY dipped 0.1.  In addition, FAMILY GUY and ONCE UPON A TIME each gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): 12 MONKEYS got off to an OK 0.43 start for Syfy.  Perhaps understandably for a show based on a 20-year old movie, it skewed quite old, […]