Zombies take over the world. AMC:  As yesterday’s numbers had promised, THE WALKING DEAD was a monster in more ways than one.  With a 5.8 18-49 rating in its 9PM airing and an additional 1.9 for the 10PM rebroadcast, its primetime total of 7.7 was equal to the primetime rating for Sunday Night Football, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS game adjusted up by 0.1.  In addition, the special DEAL OR NO DEAL fell 0.2 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s BIG LITTLE LIES returned at 0.39.  That show had an unusually sharp […]

>Over the past seven days (last Tuesday through Monday night), the cable landscape again was led by the vampires of TRUE BLOOD on HBO’s signature Sunday night.  ENTOURAGE fell off our list (down to a 1.2 rating with Adults 18-49 this week), while CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM posted its usual 1.0 rating with young adults.  Shark Week […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to the many NFL preemptions that affected early numbers, we’ll look at the week-to-week comparisons here. ABC:  WHAT WOULD YOU DO held at 0.5, and 20/20 lost 0.1 to 0.5. CBS:  TKO: TOTAL KNOCK-OUT and WHISTLEBLOWER were steady at 0.5/0.3, and an additional hour of WHISTLEBLOWER was also […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers (HEARTBEAT held the morning rating, although over the course of its hour it fell from 1.7 to 1.2), and the GRANDFATHERED rerun lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  STITCHERS made an unimpressive […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the rerun of the NEW AMSTERDAM pilot lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down 0.03 to 0.61, with the preceding clip show down 0.09 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no good news for UTOPIA in final numbers, although 2 other 8PM shows (48 HOURS and MASTERS OF ILLUSION) went up 0.1 each.  DATELINE lost 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  Technical issues kept it off the Top 25 chart below, but Syfy’s premiere of Z NATION was actually the #2 cable original of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose a tenth to 0.77.  THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from hiatus at 0.38, down 0.11 from its last airing on November 22. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since January 24, with THE NEIGHBORHOOD down 0.11 to 0.61, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA down 0.03 to 0.55, NCIS down […]