NETWORK UPDATE:  CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP and THE BRIEFCASE each gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net took the night’s cable honors with a 1.33 rating for Game 4 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS.  BET’s THE GAME was up 0.01 to 0.68, with a 0.46 lead-in from a movie, and a lead-out […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 4.9, down 0.1 from last week’s game.  In addition, there were 0.1 bumps for GREY’S ANATOMY and SCANDAL in final numbers (but HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER stayed put).     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  For once, the NFL Network slice of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The US OPEN adjusted up by 0.2 to 1.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS received a 0.1 bump. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE grew impressively during the course of its first season, and it picked up almost where it had left off, with a 1.42 rating compared […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The FOX PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (St. Louis vs. Tenn) adjusted to 1.7.  After NFL overruns were removed, the whole CBS line-up came down, 60 MINUTES by 0.3 and BIG BROTHER as well as the reruns of MADAM SECRETARY and CSI: CYBER by 0.2 each.  The HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT rerun lost 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.0 in final numbers (last week’s TNF final was 7.5).  In addition, HEROES REBORN gained 0.1, as did SCANDAL.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network part of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL topped Thursday cable at 1.40, down 0.43 from last week.  MTV’s TEEN MOM fell 0.24 to […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  MIKE & MOLLY gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Golden State vs. Chicago NBA game took the Wednesday cable crown with 0.84; the late Atlanta vs. Portland game was at 0.50.  Otherwise, it was A&E’s night, as the two-episode premieres of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and CANDY CRUSH lost the same. The season finale of AMERICAN GRIT was rated as 2 separate hours in finals, respectively 0.3/0.4.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Score it at Dragons 1, Sharks […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Despite football adjustment, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The rest of the CBS line-up was less fortunate, with 9JKL down 0.1, and each of KEVIN CAN WAIT, ME MYSELF & I and SCORPION down 0.2.  Elsewhere, THE GOOD DOCTOR gained 0.1, while THE BRAVE lost […]