NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s SESAME STREET TOWN HALL led Saturday cable at 0.32/0.41/1.3M, with Fox News’s GREG GUTFELD SHOW at 0.26/0.42/2.7M, and MSNBC LIVE at 0.11/0.16/1M.  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS was […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, once the NFL game was scrubbed from NBC’s ratings, its numbers got markedly worse: PARKS & RECREATION:  Down 0.1 to 1.2 (down the same amount from last week) WELCOME TO THE FAMILY:  Down 0.1 to 1.1, making it even more the worst comedy debut in NBC history SEAN SAVES THE […]

Based on the fast national ratings for Sunday, the Academy Awards telecast should average around a 13.4 rating with adults 18-49 (adjusting the preliminary 12.1 rating upward to account for the Pacific time zone seeing the show three hours before the normal network feed pattern).  If our estimated adjustment is correct, this would be the […]

It’s been so long since there’s been a stable Sunday, what with preemptions and competition from football playoffs, the Super Bowl, the Golden Globes, and the Grammys (with the Oscars still to come), that it’s hard to know what “normal” looks like–but last night, for the most part, wasn’t good. ABC:  Last night’s REVENGE was […]

  An atypical night of programming on CBS helped out the competition. NBC:  Everything on the line-up was up:  DATELINE by 0.2 to 1.4, GRIMM by 0.3 to 1.6 and even DRACULA by 0.2 to 1.1. ABC:  A strong night here as well, with LAST MAN STANDING up 0.2 to 1.4, THE NEIGHBORS up 0.1 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Everything on CBS except THE CRAZY ONES moved by 0.1, with THE BIG BANG THEORY and ELEMENTARY up, and THE MILLERS and 2 1/2 MEN down.  ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND found an extra 0.1, not that it’s going to help.  In the race not to be canceled, PARKS & RECREATION […]

  Millions of Americans desperately worried about the plight of widowed Lady Mary knew where to go for their fix of British aristocracy last night, as DOWNTON ABBEY reached yet another new historic high for PBS.  The Season 4 premiere was watched by 10.2M viewers, up sharply from 7.9M for last year’s premiere (which was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS game adjusted up to 1.7 in final numbers.  The only other change was a 0.1 drop for the ODD COUPLE rerun.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports led on Thursday cable as well, as Univision’s Mexico […]