Thursday fast nationals ratings:

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.20/0.17. CBS:  Reruns at 0.31/0.23/0.19. NBC:  NIGHT COURT rose 0.09 to 0.55, and AMERICAN AUTO gained 0.06 to 0.36.  The Tuesday season premiere of THE VOICE was at 0.50, down 0.23 from the September Tuesday premiere.  The season premiere of THAT’S MY JAM was at 0.42. FOX:  9-1-1: LONE […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  All movements were of the 0.1 variety, with AMERICAN IDOL, BIG BANG THEORY, GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and PARKS & RECREATION getting the bump.  That meant IDOL and PARKS tied their lows rather than setting new ones, but even though THE MILLERS also went down 0.1, IDOL still lost that competition (IDOL did […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.36.  NBC’s SNL dropped 0.08 to 0.65.  FOX’s MLS match was at 0.10.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY premiered at 0.04/0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated the cable day, with UFC FIGHT NIGHT […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There were the usual 0.1 bumps (for THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and MODERN FAMILY on ABC, and for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS on CBS), and dips (CSI). but the more interesting point is what didn’t go up.  There was no afternoon joy for AMERICAN IDOL, setting things up for a potential record-breaking low […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.50, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was at 0.47, and THE GAME SHOW SHOW premiered at 0.30. CBS:  SURVIVOR was steady at 0.67.  After a rerun at 0.19, the now-canceled TRUE LIES dipped 0.02 to 0.17. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise included MED down 0.12 to 0.40, FIRE down […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SHARK TANK went even higher in final Friday numbers, up 0.1 to a new season high 2.3.  However, the entire NBC line-up (which had been preempted in Portland for an NBA playoff game) went down, DATELINE and GRIMM by 0.1 and HANNIBAL (which started at 10:01PM) by 0.2  UNFORGETTABLE was also down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.35/0.29/0.33/0.25. CBS:  After a rerun at 0.56, the TONY AWARDS were at 0.46, down 0.11 from last year (the network claimed a small uptick in total viewers, but our numbers have it down about 100K). NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.21. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.17. CW:  Reruns at 0.03/0.03/0.03. […]