UPDATE:  The season finale of LAST MAN STANDING found a 0.1 bump in adjusted Friday ratings (to a very decent 1.4), as did SHARK TANK, HAWAII 5-0 and BLUE BLOODS.  But the news was bad at NBC (which had been preempted in Portland for an NBA game), where DATELINE, GRIMM and HANNIBAL all sank […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.24/0.20/0.17/0.21. CBS:  The season premiere of BIG BROTHER was at 0.81, down 0.27 from the 2021 premiere.  The broadcast series premiere of THE CHALLENGE was at 0.41. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.30/0.29. FOX:  Reruns at 0.25/0.18. CW:  The season premiere of MYSTERIES DECODED was at 0.04.  A new episode of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE climbed 0.2 in final numbers, while MASTERCHEF and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1.  (The NINJA WARRIOR clip show, however, lost 0.1.)   MONDAY CABLE:  It was ESPN’s turn for the NBA PLAYOFFS, and the network was tops by far with 2.8, while NBC Sports Network’s NHL PLAYOFFS were at 0.7.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.41, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD slipped 0.02 to 0.54, THE $100,000 PYRAMID ticked up to 0.46, and THE FINAL STRAW was up 0.03 to 0.29. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was down 0.02 to 0.81.  The rest of the night was reruns at 0.37/0.20/0.20. NBC:  WHO […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ROOKIE BLUE gained 0.1 to avoid a series low.  The rest of the news was bad:  HELL’S KITCHEN, GANG RELATED, and all the new episodes of UNDATEABLE were down 0.1 from preliminary ratings. THURSDAY CABLE:  On a night that didn’t feature much new original programming, Adult Swim’s LOITER SQUAD led the evening […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  News specials about the death of Queen Elizabeth were at 0.36/0.33. CBS:  After reruns at 0.34/0.32, BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.67. NBC:  The official NFL season began with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at 5.86.  That was down 1.71 from last year’s kick-off game, but still a mammoth number for linear […]

  On a reality-heavy night, chefs came out on top. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was down 0.2 from last week, but still won the night at 1.8.  MOTEL HELL lost 0.1 to 1.3. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME dropped 0.1 from last week to tie its series low 1.5.  Prior to that, the night’s sitcom reruns were led […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The Big 4 networks all aired primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, with ABC at 0.43, CBS at 1.85, NBC at 0.49, and FOX at 0.45.  NBC’s SNL was steady with last week’s premiere at 0.73.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE–currently we don’t have any cable ratings below […]