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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTER OF ILLUSION and the SHARK TANK rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the special 9PM 20/20 on the Dallas shootings lost the same.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The events in Dallas made Friday another day dominated by […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Following up on a note from our morning post, during the course of its 2 hours THE GRINCH MUSICAL dropped in the 18-49 demo from 0.79 in the 1st 15 minutes to 0.50 in the last.         Broadcast […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW gained another 0.1 in final ratings, putting it at 3.4.  THE VOICE also rose 0.1, but both THE MINDY PROJECT and SUPERNATURAL lost 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Of course the SONS […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The entire CW line-up was down in final numbers, MASTERS OF ILLUSION by 0.1 and the reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US by 0.2, suggesting that sports preemptions may have inflated the initial ratings.  Elsewhere, the changes were all in reruns:  an extra 0.1 for […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE and THE FLASH each gained 0.1 in finals. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND took Tuesday honors, up 0.09 from last week to 0.94, and with lead-out HUNTING HITLER up a tick to 0.52.  Discovery’s MOONSHINERS took a 0.18 leap to […]

      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: Wednesday June 16, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  One guess what’s on top.  The surprise, though, is how little the walkers fed off their competition. AMC:  We already know that THE WALKING DEAD literally topped almost everything else in primetime television all season with a 8.2 in 18-49s.  (Sunday Night Football was adjusted up to 8.4 in the final numbers to edge […]