The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days. This is how the ratings should roll out the next two weeks. Thursday 12/23 nationals available Monday 12/27 afternoon Friday 12/24 nationals available Tuesday 12/28 morning Saturday 12/25 nationals available Wednesday 12/29 morning Sunday […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  With the NFL factored out of ABC’s ratings, DANCING WITH THE STARS fell 0.1 to 2.0, and CASTLE dropped 0.2 to 2.2.  However, THE BLACKLIST held its 2.9 (losing in total viewers to Castle). MONDAY CABLE:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (ESPN) was inevitably in front with a tremendous 6.1 rating, just slightly behind […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a rerun week, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.02 to 0.51, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.19 to 0.43, SUPERMARKET SWEEP was also down 0.19 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE lost 0.08 to 0.32. CBS:  The AFC Divisional NFL PLAYOFFS game was gigantic at 11.37, a strong enough lead-in […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  No meaningful changes from this morning’s numbers, as  THE MIDDLE gained 0.1 for a still unimpressive 2.0.  ARROW got no afternoon bump. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The DUCK DYNASTY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (A&E) was huge, scoring a 3.5 rating in 18-49s, and the network’s DYNASTY episode at 9PM was also hot at 1.7.  DYNASTY was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The line-up aired for the first time since December 16.  STATION 19 rose 0.06 to 0.75, GREY’S ANATOMY jumped 0.17 to 0.78, and BIG SKY was up 0.03 to 0.30. CBS:  Airing for the first time since January 27, YOUNG SHELDON fell a tenth to 0.63, and UNITED STATES OF AL […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The news only got worse for FOX, as THE MINDY PROJECT slipped another 0.1 to reach a new low 1.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  In its 2d outing, BEING MARY JANE (BET) fell 0.3 to 1.2, still enough to top last night’s cable originals (although behind an Adult Swim rerun of FAMILY GUY).  PRETTY […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL ticked up to 0.74, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.06 to 0.44. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD was steady at 0.63, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA ticked up to 0.52.  NCIS ticked down to 0.54, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.03 to 0.49. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST took a sharp 0.15 […]

  UPDATE: Per expectations, the WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted to a 5.6 rating on Monday (Nielsen is still behind, recovering from the horror of dealing with a regular national holiday).  ALMOST HUMAN gained 0.1 to hit 1.7, tying the much more high-profile THE FOLLOWING (which for its part seems hell-bent on topping its own idiocy with […]