NETWORK FINALS:  The LAST MAN STANDING rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY premiered at 0.23, slightly below the 0.25 start for WATCHMEN earlier this year; it was followed (after a rerun of the premiere) […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 2, just like Game 1, adjusted up by half a point to 3.4 in final numbers.  That is at least closer to last year’s Game 2 final number, which was 3.6.  Elsewhere, CRIMINAL MINDS gained 0.1, as did THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY, but BLACK-ISH lost 0.1.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD continued its weekend reign, up 0.06 from last Saturday to 0.66.  Fox Sports 1’s UFC PRELIMS were at 0.40.  ESPN’s telecast of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NEW AMSTERDAM rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up 0.05 to 0.72, with THE SECRETS OF SKINWALKER RANCH up 0.02 to 0.34.  Fox News’s coverage […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for GREY’S ANATOMY and THE BIG BANG THEORY in final numbers, but THE ODD COUPLE, MOM, THE 100 and GAME OF SILENCE (the latter at a new low) lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although ESPN’s coverage […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted last week, NFL exhibition season means plentiful local preemptions and thus adjustments.  The chief victim on Wednesday was ABC, which saw its STORY OF DIANA fall 0.3 to 0.7 in final numbers.  In addition, the sitcom reruns aired earlier that night were respectively down 0.2 (THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 9.1, up 0.7 from the final number for the 2016 premiere game.  THE ORVILLE’s premiere adjusted up 0.4 to 2.7, but there’s an asterisk because Nielsen counted two plays on the west coast, one simulcast with the east after football, and the other at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Football adjustment took DANCING WITH THE STARS down 0.1, but THE GOOD DOCTOR was untouched.  Elsewhere, KEVIN CAN WAIT, THE VOICE and THE GIFTED gained 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped […]