NETWORK FINALS:  THE WALL and the SNL clip show gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the EMPIRE rerun lost the same.  In addition, note that most of the night’s shows, including THE WALL SURVIVOR, SEAL TEAM and CRIMINAL MINDS, despite being regular original episodes, are being designated as “specials” so keep […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, the post-football adjustments for CBS weren’t pretty–with the exception of BIG BANG THEORY, which eased down just 0.1 to 3.7 (but which often goes up in normal adjusted ratings).  LIFE IN PIECES dropped 0.4 to 1.9, barely over half its lead-in, MOM fell half a point to 1.5, the BIG BANG […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT was  down 0.2.  In addition, the LETHAL WEAPON rerun gained 0.1, and the  NCIS rerun dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA made it 2 for 2, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 5.2, up 0.2 from last year–but as we noted yesterday, with an NFL lead-in much higher than the show had in 2018.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Scripted cable was led by Bravo’s DIRTY JOHN, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  ESPN and ABC aired separate MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL games, with the broadcaster’s at 3.81. CBS:  For whatever it means these days, last night marked the start of the broadcast network TV season, and–no surprise–everything was down:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD by 0.13 to 0.50, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA by 0.11 to 0.43, NCIS by […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUPER BOWL 50 adjusted to 37.7 in final numbers, a gigantic number but not the equal of last year’s 39.1.  LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT ended up at 7.7 for a show that began at 10:54PM ET and ended at 12:02AM.  That compared to last year’s 8.4 for the post-Super Bowl […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE FLASH gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun THE MASKED SINGER lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, down 0.06 to 0.77, with PROJECT BLUE BOOK down 0.07 to 0.31.  […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Nielsen got it all correct on the first try, and there were no changes from the preliminary numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  This is an opportune time for a reminder that only about one-third of US households subscribe to HBO, not […]