NETWORK UPDATE:  A bumpy night for adjustments, with 0.1 deductions for 20/20, DATELINE, both reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, and the JANE THE VIRGIN rerun. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’S coverage of THE MASTERS took Friday cable honors […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ALL-STAR GAME only adjusted up to 3.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the NIGHT SHIFT season finale lost 0.1, while both EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP put on 0.1.   TUESDAY CABLE:  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) and PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCFamily) were both steady at 1.0 at the top of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 and both the new and rerun episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER took the Friday cable throne on a very slow night, down 0.02 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 4.6, down a big 1.8 from 2018’s Game 3.  Elsewhere, THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THE CMT MUSIC AWARDS aired on multiple Viacom networks:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fittingly, on the night of the Trump acquittal, Fox News led all of cable with THE FIVE at 0.52/0.85/5.3M, with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.24/0.41/3.1M, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary morning ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that at this time, we have no Thursday cable ratings below the Top 150. TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.62 (Houston vs. Oklahoma City)/0.38 (Boston […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up 0.4 to 2.2, down 0.5 from the 2018 game.  In addition, the MOM rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Original cable programming on Christmas Day was dominated by ESPN’s share […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage took up 4 of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with telecasts ranging from 0.49 for the late afternoon game to 1.07 to the one that preceded it, while smaller-market […]