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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The holiday broadcast diet of specials and reruns has set in, which for ABC meant reruns at 0.42/0.24/0.21. CBS:  An installment of THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT was at 0.61.  The KENNEDY CENTER HONORS was at 0.41, up 0.06 from the (postponed) previous edition that aired last June. NBC:  A […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELORETTE was at 0.74, up 0.05 from last week but down sharply from last year’s 1.4.  An AFTER-SHOW followed at 0.58. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.17/0.35. FOX:  Rescheduled NFL coverage was at 3.78. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ran again on both broadcast and cable, and ABC’s portion was at 1.68, down 0.18 from last week. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.23/0.20. NBC:  A rerun of the ANNIE LIVE special was at 0.28. FOX:  A SECRETS OF CHRISTMAS REVEALED special was at 0.20. CW:  DYNASTY returned with 2 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The annual run of THE SOUND OF MUSIC was at 0.37, down from last year’s 0.6. CBS:  Compared to November 28, the last time the network didn’t have the late national NFL game, 60 MINUTES was up 0.12 to 0.70.  The original movie CHRISTMAS TAKES FLIGHT was at 0.34, followed by […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime was led by ABC’s coverage of the JIMMY KIMMEL BOWL at 0.49, although that was outrated by the network’s afternoon INDEPENDENCE BOWL at 0.60.  The highest-rated show on broadcast was NBC’s part-quasi-live, part clip-show Covid-burdened SNL at 0.89.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s primetime […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK slipped 0.02 to 0.48, and 20/20 was down 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  A pair of GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS specials was at 0.20/0.18.  A BLUE BLOODS rerun ended the night at 0.24. NBC:  A run of the movie SING (tying in with the sequel’s release this week) was at 0.39, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  On midseason finale night, STATION 19 rose 0.07 to 0.62, GREY’S ANATOMY climbed 0.07 to 0.61, and BIG SKY was down 0.03 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.42/0.27/0.29/0.24/0.22. NBC:  After a WOMEN OF WORTH special at 0.18, a run of the COAT OF MANY COLORS movie was at 0.20. FOX:  THURSDAY […]