NETWORK UPDATE:  Football adjustments brought down ABC’s line-up, as THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT dropped 0.1 and GREAT HOLIDAY BAKING SHOW fell 0.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 10:30PM TELENOVELA managed to gain 0.1, but that still wasn’t anything to boast about.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

        NETWORK FINALS:  Once again, local NFL PRESEASON games shook up the preliminary ratings.  Since the night was mostly reruns, there’s no need for detailed analysis.  Here’s the summary:  there were 0.2 drops for BH90210, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, and 0.1 drops for AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.9.  (CBS’s AAF game held at 0.9).  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the rerun SNL dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Duke vs. Virginia COLLEGE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.2, and FOX’s to 0.8.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, led by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.24, with its other games at 0.59/0.52/0.41, and Fox Sports 1’s game at […]

  Pending final numbers, the AMERICAN IDOL finale slid past the season’s penultimate THE VOICE. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the […]

  Apart from a few marginal increases, it was another dull night of May sweeps for the networks. NBC:  A 3.6 rating is obviously nothing for a network to complain about.  But last night’s THE VOICE was nevertheless its lowest rated episode of the Spring cycle so far.  After that, per Mitch Metcalf:  “GRIMM scored a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dropped 0.06 to 0.71, and THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a week off up 0.02 to 0.41. CBS:  Reruns at 0.48/0.38/0.29/0.26. NBC:  THE VOICE rose 0.09 to 0.85, but ORDINARY JOE was down 0.06 to 0.31. FOX:  With THE MASKED SINGER preempted by the World Series on […]