NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.9.  Elsewhere, the TROLLS HOLIDAY special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the GRAMMYS GREATEST STORIES special lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable, down 0.09 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  All of the night’s adjustments were football-related.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.1, which was still far below last week’s 8.6 rating.  60 MINUTES gained 0.3 in final numbers, lifting it to 2.2.  CBS aired its scheduled new episode of CSI even though the show didn’t start airing until 10;50PM in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for both components of THE BACHELOR finale and AMERICA’S MOST WANTED.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.59/0.56/0.53 compared to last week’s 0.58/0.55/0.53.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:   The NFL Kickoff Game (Steelers vs Patriots on NBC) did not lift as much as we thought from the fast nationals to the official nationals (from 8.8 to 10.3), but the ratings were very good, as we expect from the NFL.  The 27,398,000 viewer 2+ number last night is above […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE notched another win at 0.88/0.49/0.48, compared to last week’s 0.79/0.52/0.47.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK gained 0.02 to 0.57.  USA’s WWE telecast was at […]

>AMC’s Walking Dead is locking in on a 3.6 rating with Adults 18-49.  The first five weeks of this season for the zombie apocalypse drama:  4.2… 3.6… 3.8… 3.5… 3.6.  Once again, it is easily the highest-rated cable program of the week and far and away the #1 show in the Sunday 9 pm time […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Two of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL games adjusted in final numbers:  ABC up by 0.1 to 0.7, and FOX up by 0.2 to 1.9. NBC’s game stayed at 1.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL and related programming […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  We had waited for post-adjustment numbers to take a look at last night’s network ratings, so we’ll do that now. ABC:  the season finale of BATTLEBOTS fell 0.2 from last week to 0.6, and a MATCH GAME rerun followed at 0.4.  CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.3 to 1.6.  NBC, FOX […]