NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL, THE BIG BANG THEORY, 2 1/2 MEN and ELEMENTARY all found an extra 0.1 in final ratings.  MOM (which probably started at 8:31PM) and the HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER rerun each lost 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while CHICAGO FIRE and BEYOND THE TANK lost the same.  (Since someone raised the question this morning, the more precise final rating for NEW GIRL was 0.91, very slightly setting a new series low.)       Broadcast Official […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 5 adjusted up half a point in final numbers to an even more terrific 6.7, and yet SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL stayed strong, also up half a point to 6.5, which was 0.5 higher than last week’s game.  The only other adjustment was a 0.1 dip […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION each gained 0.1 and SCANDAL fell the same in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The bombings in Syria put news at the top of Thursday cable.  CNN and Fox News […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although FX’s AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE led Wednesday cable, its 0.72 was a shadow of the 1.96 premiere for THE PEOPLE VS OJ […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again in the lead on Friday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.39/0.65/4.1M, CNN TONIGHT at 0.38/0.56/2M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

  As we’ve been teasing for the past week, today we’re adding something new and exciting to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s cable ratings coverage.  The chart below includes Sunday night’s top 25 originals, and it’s important to repeat that these are the top 25 original shows only–without the dross of reruns that clog the full list of cable […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:   There were 0.1 increases for THE BRIEFCASE and MASTERCHEF, as well as for the rerun of BLACK-ISH.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The final Conference Championship game of the NBA PLAYOFFS gave ESPN a towering 3.56 rating, while NBC Sports Net had a 0.84 for its NHL PLAYOFFS game.  History’s AMERICAN PICKERS was next, up a […]