NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NLCS MLB PLAYOFFS game dominated Friday cable at 1.13.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.54.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH returned at 0.48, with a lead-in hour at […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 drop for the SUPER BOWL’S GREATEST HALFTIME SHOWS special. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was in its accustomed place on top of Friday cable, up 0.03 from last week to 1.30, and lead-out DEADLIEST JOB […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE GOLDBERGS, CHICAGO PD, SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS all gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart         CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader had both of the top slots on Wednesday cable, but the late Golden State vs. Clippers game at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of BULL and the movie LOVE THE COOPERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games dominated Monday cable at 1.19/0.96.  TLC’s […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It was a sports-heavy Top 10 on Saturday cable, with college football (topped by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.57) and UFC (led by the 11:50PM segment of Spike’s coverage at 0.89) taking up 8 of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS benefited from afternoon adjustments, as SURVIVOR climbed 0.2 to 2.5, and both CRIMINAL MINDS and CSI: CYBER rose 0.1.  In addition, there were 0.1 bumps for THE MIDDLE and THE GOLDBERGS, as well as THE VOICE.  (None, however, for AMERICAN IDOL.)  The ARROW rerun on CW lost 0.1. Ratings in key […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The GRAMMY AWARDS adjusted to 5.6, down 0.3 from 2018’s final number.  In addition, THE SIMPSONS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE:  many shows took last week off due to the Super Bowl, so except where […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s rerun of THE GOLDBERGS was up 0.1 in final numbers, and the FAMILY GUY rerun slipped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  GAME OF THRONES came roaring back from last week’s decline, up a huge 0.88 to 3.45.  (So much for all those people who claimed they were offended by the show to […]