BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK ticked up to 0.49, and 20/20 was up 0.08 to 0.35. CBS:  The network’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 2.26/2.37. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST ticked up to 0.24, and DATELINE was down 0.08 to 0.27. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.09 to 0.49. CW:  CHARMED dropped 0.05 to 0.04, and DYNASTY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and the rerun of THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE RAW was at 0.73/0.71/0.68 compared to last week’s 0.87/0.82/0.68, and BRIARPATCH was at 0.20 in its new timeslot, […]

    It seems that no amount of violence in GAME OF THRONES will make anyone change the channel.   HBO:  GAME OF THRONES continued its ratings ascension with a gripping episode that could have been called A Tale of Two Beheadings (not to mention some guttings, throat-slittings, a dismemberment, a massacre, and a side […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL fell 0.25 from last week’s game to […]

      NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, ABC’s ratings dived after MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions were removed, with DANCING WITH THE STARS down 0.3 and CASTLE down 0.4 from this morning.  Elsewhere, THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MINORITY REPORT went 0.1 in the other direction.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 increase for THE VOICE. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Viewers tuned in to watch the Jets blow their lead to the Dolphins, as MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL rose 0.28 from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE FOUR lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of Bravo’s SOUTHERN CHARM led Thursday cable, up 0.05 from its last airing 2 weeks ago to 0.58, with lead-out GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things got worse for STILL STAR-CROSSED in final numbers, which dropped it 0.1 to an awful-even-for-summer 0.3 (more precisely 0.34).  In addition, the rerun of MOM lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of AMC’s BETTER […]