NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.76/1.06, compared to 2.19 for the parallel night in 2018.  CW’s GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN was at 0.05.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT continued its coverage of NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND, with events at 1.76/0.46.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.36/0.33/0.28/0.25/0.23/0.21.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s NBA FINALS game adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and correspondingly the lead-in JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE shrank to 1.4.  Elsewhere, the BONES season finale gained 0.1, as did all the CBS sitcom reruns. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy’s WWE coverage took the cable night with 0.73, up 0.14 from last week.  That didn’t help the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The finale of the JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP jumped 0.29 from Friday’s installment to 0.79.  ABBOTT ELEMENTARY benefited from that kick, up 0.23 from last week to 0.64, and BLACK-ISH was up 0.13 to 0.43.  TO TELL THE TRUTH returned at 0.31. CBS:  Due to the Olympics, several networks aired their regular […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for AMERICAN IDOL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  That wacky reality series we call the REPUBLICAN DEBATES continued to score big, this time giving a 3.62 rating to Fox News […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.4, up 0.8 from last week’s game.  In addition, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PANDORA lost the same, putting it at zero (more precisely 0.04).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday July 11, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC and CBS were weirdly full of 0.1 declines in final numbers:  respectively for both episodes of FAM and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SWAT; and for SUPERSTORE, AP BIO, WILL & GRACE and SVU.  In addition, for the 2nd consecutive week, FOR THE PEOPLE lost […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for TO TELL THE TRUTH, NCIS, FBI: MOST WANTED and the rerun of THIS IS US.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND gained 0.04 to 0.62, with the […]