BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY special at 0.41 was followed by the season premiere of GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT at 0.40, down from 0.7 in 2020. CBS:  60 MINUTES was steady at 0.58, then ONE LAST TIME: GAGA & BENNETT was at 0.44, followed by a rerun of THE EQUALIZER at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was dominant at 1.63, with FOX’s game at 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was again ESPN’s COLLEGE GAMEDAY (at 0.63) atop a pile of games at 0.59/0.42/0.41, with ESPN2’s at 0.20/0.13.  Hallmark aired a double feature of original movies, with CHRISTMAS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN at 0.42, 20/20 fell 0.66 from last week’s huge number to 0.36. CBS:  Reruns, with FROSTY holiday specials at 0.49/0.39, then procedurals at 0.29/0.30. NBC:  A run of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS at 0.58, followed by the new specials 5 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After the special THE MAGIC MAKER at 0.18, reruns at 0.24/0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 1.57 (boosted by an NFL lead-in)/0.92/0.62/0.41 NBC:  The primetime NFL game was at 5.66, below the 6.1 for the primetime holiday game in 2019. FOX:  The chart has been corrected with the MLS SEMIFINAL game ratings added […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Thanksgiving Eve will heavy on reruns, here at 0.37/0.28/0.27/0.18/0.16. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.05 to 0.99, TOUGH AS NAILS rose a tenth to 0.49, and CSI: VEGAS was up 0.06 to 0.49. NBC:  Reruns at 0.35/0.59. FOX:  Reruns at 0.34/0.20. CW:  LEGENDS OF TOMORROW ticked down to 0.07, and BATWOMAN ticked up […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.07 to 0.62, and QUEENS was down 0.02 to 0.26. CBS:  Reruns at 0.47/0.38/0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE slipped 0.03 to 0.79, LA BREA fell 0.14 to 0.46 (between the 2 shows, the network ran a 5-minute promo for next summer’s JURASSIC WORLD installment, which was rated at 0.67).  […]

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next week or so. (All times Pacific.) Wed 11/24 nationals available Mon 11/29 by 2p Thu 11/25 nationals available Tue 11/30 by 8a Fri 11/26 nationals available Tue 11/30 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS was at 0.88, up 0.21 from last week but down from 1.0 last year.  THE GOOD DOCTOR rose 0.11 to 0.49. CBS:  The latest run of RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER was at 0.58, down from last year’s 1.1 (on a Tuesday).  Reruns followed […]