BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE was steady at 0.76, and CLAIM TO FAME was down 0.04 to 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.28/0.26/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR held at 0.39, and WEAKEST LINK was up 0.04 to 0.29. FOX:  After a TMZ INVESTIGATES special at 0.30, BEAT SHAZAM was at 0.32. CW:  ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO […]

  NETWORK SCORECARD:  BIG BROTHER gained an additional 0.1 in final numbers. THURSDAY CABLE:  FX fared better than USA in their dual launches last night.  MARRIED premiered at a healthy 0.65 (although that was below the 0.76 for FX’s movie lead-in), and did particularly well with advertiser-prized Men 18-34 (1.1).  YOU’RE THE WORST was weaker […]

  BROADCAST FINALS [CHART UPDATED WITH NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on AMAZON] ABC:  After an episode of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 0.45, the special NORMAN LEAR: 100 YEARS was at 0.29. CBS:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.36/0.35 & 0.19/0.14, BIG BROTHER dropped 0.08 to 0.62. NBC:  The LAW & ORDER franchise returned, with ORGANIZED CRIME […]

  Big Brother had no trouble with preseason football. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.3 from last week to 2.5, easily the top show of the night.  60 MINUTES was also up 0.3 to 1.1, and UNFORGETTABLE grew by 0.1 to 0.9, while RECKLESS stayed at 0.5. NBC:  NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL was at 1.9 in preliminary […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.77.  CW premiered its Saturday line-up with MAGIC WITH THE STARS at 0.05 and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS at 0.07/0.06.  Univision’s LIGA match was at 0.71.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS led […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 in final Tuesday ratings. TUESDAY CABLE:  Sons of Anarchy premiered with 6,199,000 persons 2+ live+same day, a record season premiere for the show on that metric: up from 5,869,000 last year, 5,366,000 in 2012, 4,927,000 in 2011, 4,134,000 in 2010, 4,290,00 in 2009, and 2,529,00 in 2008.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Sandwiched by reruns at 0.34/0.25/0.07, Disney/ABC aired a promo run of the Disney+ ANDOR series at 0.17. CBS:  SURVIVOR dipped 0.04 to 0.66, and THE AMAZING RACE was down 0.04 to 0.38, followed by a rerun at 0.20. NBC:  A COUNTDOWN TO THE MACY’S THANKSGIVING PARADE special was at 0.42, followed […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got better for ABC in final numbers, as GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER all climbed an extra 0.1.  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, again significantly higher than last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Thursday (plus a […]