NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GENIUS JR and the 8:30PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s not exactly breaking news at this point that AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  New Year’s Day continued to be the domain of reruns on the networks.  The highest-rated telecast of the day was ABC’s afternoon coverage of the CITRUS BOWL at 1.24, with the preceding ROSE PARADE at 0.93   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games had […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no good news for UTOPIA in final numbers, although 2 other 8PM shows (48 HOURS and MASTERS OF ILLUSION) went up 0.1 each.  DATELINE lost 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  Technical issues kept it off the Top 25 chart below, but Syfy’s premiere of Z NATION was actually the #2 cable original of […]

  Millions of Americans, having confirmed last week that yes, Charlie Sheen is still alive, moved on. FX:  ANGER MANAGEMENT, in its 2d week, was the highest-rated new scripted show on cable last night (behind a couple of Family Guy reruns and a new episode of Swamp Thing).  But its numbers were way, way down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.26/0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.21/0.22. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.03 to 0.66, and HOT WHEELS was up 0.05 to 0.31. FOX:  BEAT SHAZAM rose 0.06 to 0.23, and DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS ticked up to 0.23. CW:  Back from a rerun week, SUPERMAN & LOIS ticked up to […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA telecast gained 0.3 in final numbers, and NBC’s SNL rerun was up 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL ruled Saturday cable, with ESPN games taking 4 of the top 6 slots at 0.61/0.48/0.47/0.46 (plus a COLLEGE GAMEDAY report at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and both MASTERS OF ILLUSION episodes lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cinemax’s heavily hyped new original OUTCAST had a terrible start, premiering at 0.06, a number that makes BANSHEE […]

> On virtually any network in America, the discovery that a hugely expensive new series–stocked with the highest-caliber talent, preceded by a multi-million dollar marketing campaign–had been watched in its debut by little more than a million people, and that fewer than half a million of those were younger than 50 years old, would be […]