BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.35/0.21, PARENT TEST was at 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.26/0.20/0.19. NBC:  THE WHEEL was at 0.30, followed by reruns at 0.19/0.24/0.25. FOX:  Reruns at 0.19/0.15/0.14. CW:  POPSTARS was at 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.03/0.03. AMAZON:  THURSDAY NUGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.32, up half a point from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to football adjustment, DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 0.1 in final numbers, TO TELL THE TRUTH dropped 0.2, and CW’s reruns of SUPERGIRL and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY were down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE FIX dropped the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s CHERNOBYL miniseries premiered at 0.19, and GENTLEMAN JACK was down 0.03 to 0.08.   The series finale […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA tripleheader was at 0.51/0.68/1.09.  NBC’s SNL tumbled 0.29 to 0.69.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.17.  CW’s WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was up 0.02 to 0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL dominated Saturday cable at 0.45/0.31/0.27/0.26/0.26.  Reelz’s ON PATROL ticked down to 0.15.  […]

      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 July 28, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  IZOMBIE lost 0.1 in final numbers, and THE FLASH gained the same, so the new show’s retention looked somewhat weaker.  On the other hand, IZOMBIE declined 0.1 15 minutes in, and then stayed solidly at 0.8 for the rest of the hour, indicating viewer satisfaction.  At NBC, UNDATEABLE and ONE BIG HAPPY […]

>The top two programs on cable this week aired on Sunday against the not-what-it-used-to-be but still very big Academy Awards on ABC.  Most notable was Walking Dead on AMC at 9:00 pm, just when the awards ceremony was getting rolling.  Facing the huge entertainment special, Walking Dead actually was up over last week, from a […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): March Madness continued to reign over Saturday cable, as NCAA TOURNAMENT games took all of the Top 4 slots, paced by the late-evening TBS game at 1.42.  (Even an NIT game hit the Top 10, with […]