Official ratings for Thursday came down to a combined 3.6 adult 18-49 rating for the five over-the-air broadcast networks last night from a very misleading 6.7 rating in the fast nationals, which were inflated by many local pre-emptions for the final night of NFL preseason games.  CBS declined 0.9 rating point from the fast nationals […]

  For one last glorious night, Walter White truly was The One Who Knocks. AMC:  Ratings for the finale of BREAKING BAD smashed through even the huge expectations.  The show was watched by 10.3M people in its 9PM airing.  That was almost 40% higher than last week–which was itself a series record.  It was the […]

  An atypical night yielded some unusual results. NBC:  Adding a second hour of THE VOICE inevitably boosted the night for NBC, which took Tuesday by half a rating point, a wider margin than last week.  But that Voice episode was down 0.6 from last week to a season-low 3.5, and THE BIGGEST LOSER started […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  MODERN FAMILY and ARROW both rose 0.1 in final numbers, particularly good news for ARROW, now at 1.2.  Their respective teammates, however, fell by the same amount, as both SUPER FUN NIGHT and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE slipped 0.1. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  Frank Darabont won’t be duplicating his THE WALKING DEAD success with MOB […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.42/0.30/0.26/0.27/0.22. CBS:  THE PRICE IS RIGHT AT NIGHT rose 0.11 to 0.64, LINGO gained 0.09 to 0.47, and TOUGH AS NAILS was up 0.07 to 0.34. NBC:  Reruns at 0.35/0.32/0.34. FOX:  NAME THAT TUNE ticked down to 0.35, and SPECIAL FORCES ticked up to 0.33. CW:  Reruns at 0.10/0.05. […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  PARKS & RECREATION has been badly in need of a boost, and airing behind COMMUNITY may have supplied it, as an extra 0.1 in final numbers gave it a 1.5, which may not look like much but is up 50% from its last airing.  It was the highest rated show on NBC […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the original pilot for THE MANDALORIAN (to coincide with the new season starting this week on Disney+) was at 0.29.  20/20 was up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS:  SWAT fell 0.13 to 0.33, followed by reruns at 0.21/0.20. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ ticked down to 0.26, YOUNG ROCK gained […]

  It was American Idol‘s turn to feel the Olympics pain. NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s SKEDBALL post for details on last night’s Sochi ratings.  After an uptick on Tuesday, Wednesday’s WINTER OLYMPICS coverage fell to 5.6, down a full point from the previous day, and also back to being below the last 3 winter games […]