BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK ticked up to 0.49, and 20/20 was up 0.08 to 0.35. CBS:  The network’s NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 2.26/2.37. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST ticked up to 0.24, and DATELINE was down 0.08 to 0.27. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.09 to 0.49. CW:  CHARMED dropped 0.05 to 0.04, and DYNASTY […]

  The Olympics pushed American Idol below a milestone. NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball post for details about the ratings track for the WINTER OLYMPICS.  Last night’s preliminary 5.9 was up 0.3 from Wednesday, but below the comparable night at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 games, and only the Opening Ceremony and Tuesday’s telecast are […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.33/0.22/0.24/0.18, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was steady at 0.26. CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.85, BEYOND THE EDGE also ticked down to 0.27, and GOOD SAM ticked up to 0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.39/0.43/0.43. FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.04 to 0.67, and DOMINO MASTERS was down 0.02 […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL managed to salvage a shred of dignity (for this week, anyway) by gaining 0.1 in adjusted numbers to hit 2.0.  HELL’S KITCHEN also climbed 0.1, as did THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and PARENTHOOD.  Final numbers for the Thursday primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games were 1.0/1.3, with the first game way down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.30/0.28/0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.35/0.19/0.18/0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.17/0.15/0.16/0.17. FOX:  A NASCAR race at 0.57. CW:  RIVERDALE ticked down to 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.04/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD dropped 0.03 to 0.08, and the season finale […]

  ADJUSTED UPDATE:  LAST MAN STANDING and SHARK TANK gained 0.1 each, but HANNIBAL fell 0.1 to a bloodless 0.8. FRIDAY CABLE:  Things weren’t any more exciting on the cable side, as WWE (Syfy) was the best the night could do at 0.8, with SONS OF GUNS (Discovery) behind at 0.6.  Both were steady with […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  It was a night of reruns on all the English-language networks.  On ABC, they were at 0.40/0.32/0.28. CBS:  0.31/0.23/0.20/0.20/0.20. NBC:  0.25/0.28/0.23. FOX:  0.21/0.21. CW:  0.02/0.02. TELEMUNDO:  Returning from an off-week, CASA DE FAMOSOS was at 0.29, AMOR VALIENTA was at 0.22, and INFIEL was at 0.22. UNIVISION:  MEXICANA Y EL GUERO […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from this morning was a 0.1 increase for the 8PM DANCING WITH THE STARS clip show. TUESDAY CABLE:  The Miami/Indiana NBA PLAYOFFS game on ESPN came within an inch (at 3.2) of matching THE VOICE as the highest rated show on all of television last night.  Almost as impressive […]