BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s UFC LIVE was at 0.19.  CBS’s CAMPING WORLD was at 0.12.  NBC’s TRANSPLANT was at 0.09.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.32.  Univision’s primetime LIGA match was at 0.46.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, UFC PRELIMS were at 0.34/0.18, and WIMBLEDON coverage was at […]

  Cable didn’t prove the cure for David E. Kelley’s recent ratings ills.  The debut of MONDAY MORNINGS only managed an anemic 1.34M viewers last night, about 40% of what the premiere for FX’s The Americans scored last week.  TNT didn’t even release 18-49 numbers, which should tell you all you need to know about […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings, although in finals NBC broke out the post-show interview segment from the GOOD PLACE finale itself.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another TLC Thursday, with DR PIMPLE POPPER down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.06 to 0.55, followed by a ROAD TO THE CMAS special at 0.17. CBS:  Reruns at 0.37/0.28/0.22/0.23. NBC:  THE VOICE was up 0.03 to 0.64, and QUANTUM LEAP rose 0.07 to 0.40. FOX:  Returning from a rerun week, 9-1-1 slipped 0.02 to 0.67, and THE CLEANING LADY […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The 8PM SHARK TANK  rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the ELEMENTARY rerun lost the same. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports occupied half the slots in Friday’s cable Top 10.  COLLEGE FOOTBALL took the lead with ESPN’s double feature of games at 0.77/0.64.  An episode of SPORTSCENTER occupied #6 at 0.39, a Univision […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR dropped 0.11 to 0.73.  A rerun JUDGE STEVE HARVEY followed at 0.23. CBS:  A night of reruns at 0.44/0.28/0.23/0.24. NBC:  KENAN was at 0.35/0.29 compared to last week’s 0.34/0.26.  THAT’S MY JAM gained 0.04 to 0.41, and ORDINARY JOE ticked up to 0.23. FOX:  9-1-1: LONE STAR fell 0.11 […]

>Not much change at the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with Jersey Shore, Pawn Stars and Teen Mom 2 leading the pack.  However, all three shows were down from recent highs as we enter the February sweep and these shows face nothing but original episodes on the broadcast networks.  Tosh.0 returned to Comedy […]

> HBO, wanting to give its high-profile David Milch/Michael Mann/Dustin Hoffman/Nick Nolte horseracing drama LUCK the best possible promotional platform, premiered the pilot as a “special preview” following what turned out to be the shocking season finale of BOARDWALK EMPIRE.  The first part of the plan worked:  Boardwalk scored a terrific (by its standards) 1.3 […]