NETWORK FINALS:  HAWAII 5-0 and HELL’S KITCHEN gained 0.1 in final numbers, but THE EXORCIST lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS were once again at the top of cable, with TBS’s pair of games at 0.94/0.88, MLB […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE FOUR, THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON each gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable at 0.69/0.66.  It was another banner day for MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW in cable […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLUE BLOODS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH tied for the lead on Friday cable, down 0.03 to 0.69, with the lead-out WHITE WATER hour down 0.06 to 0.47.  A&E’s LIVE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from Friday’s preliminary ratings.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There was an unlikely tie for the 18-49 lead in Friday’s cable ratings, with ESPN2’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 0.33.  That was the same as MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and PERSON OF INTEREST added 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of THE FLASH. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCF) topped Tuesday cable, although it was off 0.02 from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CONTAINMENT fell 0.1 in final numbers, which puts it already at the IZOMBIE level, and THE FLASH gained the same.  Also up 0.1:  NCIS and the FRESH OFF THE BOAT rerun.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The premiere of AMC’s THE […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  DESIGNATED SURVIVOR lost 0.1 in final numbers, and EMPIRE gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY tends to start very big and then plunge before stabilizing, and the pattern held with a 0.99 drop from last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, and QUANTICO lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s HUMANS began its 2d season at 0.20, down 0.15 from its August 2015 finale (which aired on a Sunday). The finale […]