NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR, SVU and the season finales of AMERICAN IDOL and THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, SUPERNATURAL, BLACK-ISH and the season finale of NASHVILLE each lost a tenth. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader once again topped the night at 2.07/1.49, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was next […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Sunday is one of the few nights without any local football preemptions, so these adjustments are to the Monday preliminary numbers.  Thanks to CBS’s PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage as its lead-in, 60 MINUTES retained its preliminary 1.5 rating, and BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 to 2.1.  The MADAM SECRETARY rerun, however, lost 0.1 to 0.6.  […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA FINALS game adjusted to 6.0 (and JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE adjusted down to 1.0), and FOX’s COPA AMERICA matches adjusted to 0.4.  Elsewhere, both the new and rerun episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT.       […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL fell 0.25 from last week’s game to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELEMENTARY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On AMC, the season premiere of BETTER CALL SAUL was at 0.56, down 0.14 (a reasonable 20%) from 2017, but LODGE 49 had an unpromising start at 0.17. VH1’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant increases (to the next tenth) for THIS IS US, SUPERMAN & LOIS, SOUL OF A NATION and the reruns of FBI and MIXED-ISH.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND lost 0.03 to 0.52, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.72, with the preceding clip show up 0.03 to 0.37.  3 Discovery SHARK WEEK titles occupied the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Everything on CBS had an adjustment, as ZOO and the reruns of LIFE IN PIECES and THE BIG BANG THEORY all lost 0.1 in final numbers, but BIG BROTHER gained the same.  In addition, HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]