AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Changes from morning numbers were minor.  CASTLE slipped 0.1 to 1.7, an even lower season low, ALMOST HUMAN edged up 0.1 to 1.8, 2 of the BLACKLIST reruns moved up 0.1 to 1.0, and BEAUTY & THE BEAST narrowly avoided the shame of an 0.1 rating for its rerun, rising to 0.2. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  CBS’s coverage of the NCAA TOURNAMENT was dominant, with the late afternoon game on top at 2.73, and the primetime game at 1.86.  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.24.  CW’s originals were at 0.06/0.05.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT towered over cable as well, […]

  OLYMPICS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONIES had a preliminary 8.6 rating in 18-49s.  That was up 2.4 from the non-medal events aired on Thursday, but down 0.8 from the 2010 Vancouver Opening Ceremonies.  (And for those with a long-range point of view, up 2.1 from the 2006 Opening Ceremonies from Turin.) OTHER NETWORKS:  As […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL at 0.39 was followed by an ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rerun at 0.22. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON rose 0.11 to 0.58, and UNITED STATES OF AL lost 0.05 to 0.41.  The season finale of GHOSTS slipped 0.04 to 0.56, and HOW WE ROLL fell 0.08 to 0.35.  […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  HELL’S KITCHEN climbed 0.1, but AMERICAN IDOL stayed put, meaning that IDOL ended up just 0.2 above KITCHEN, even though KITCHEN faced off with THE BIG BANG THEORY.  BIG BANG, meanwhile, stayed at 4.9, but the other CBS sitcoms were down after adjustment, THE MILLERS and 2 1/2 MEN by 0.2 and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NBA PLAYOFFS game at 1.93. CBS;  The season finale of THE NEIGHBORHOOD was at 0.56, up 0.02 from last week and down two-tenths from the 2021 finale.  The season finale of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was at 0.51, up 0.05 from last week and down 0.18 from last year.  The season […]

Monday preliminary broadcast ratings:

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was dominant at 1.49. CBS:  The season finale of COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.02 to 0.20.  The DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS were at 0.21, down 0.02 from the 2021 ceremony. NBC:  After a rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.26, DATELINE was up 0.04 to […]