NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 1.35/1.14.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s BREEDERS returned at 0.13/0.08 compared to last year’s series premiere at 0.12/0.09.  The finale of HBO’s BEARTOWN ticked up to 0.02/115K. TNT’s NCAA TOURNAMENT game […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The year’s run of THE SOUND OF MUSIC was at 0.36, down just a tick from last year’s airing. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks ago, 60 MINUTES was down 0.12 to 1.28.  The original movie WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS YOUNG was at 0.35, followed by an EAST NEW YORK rerun at 0.24. […]

The top programs on both broadcast and cable over the last few weeks.  Programs scoring a 1.3 adult 18-49 rating or higher are listed.  Also, for reference, The Tony Awards on CBS Sunday was added to the list.

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A low night, as STATION 19 dropped 0.05 to 0.56, GREY’S ANATOMY fell 0.09 to 0.55, and BIG SKY was down 0.07 to 0.26. CBS:  The line-up returned from a 2-week NCAA break, with YOUNG SHELDON down 0.04 to 0.58, UNITED STATES OF AL down 0.04 to 0.44, and GHOSTS (which […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Due to NFL Preseason adjustment, the reruns of MASTERCHEF and BEAT SHAZAM went down 0.2 and 0.3, respectively, in final numbers.  In addition, the BLUE BLOODS rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable belonged again to A&E’s […]

> HBO has just announced the abrupt end of production on LUCK, which will not be back for the ordered second season.  The announced cause of the cancellation is the recent death of a horse involved with the show, the 3d horse to die in the course of Luck‘s production.  A veterinarian’s statement didn’t suggest […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS was simulcast across the Viacom spectrum, with ratings of 0.21 on MTV (down an ugly 0.26 from 2018), 0.20 on […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Friday: