AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Nothing moved more than 0.1 from the morning numbers, with AGENTS OF SHIELD, NCIS and CHICAGO FIRE climbing that amount (the latter, still down for the week, moved into a tie with PERSON OF INTEREST at 10PM) while TROPHY WIFE sank to an even more woeful 1.1.  TUESDAY CABLE:  BET took the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE gained 0.07 to 0.55, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked up to 0.33, and WILL TRENT ticked down to 0.29. CBS:  FBI dipped 0.04 to 0.48, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.06 to 0.35, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.04 to 0.34. NBC:  NIGHT COURT edged up 0.02 to 0.51, AMERICAN AUTO […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS adjusted up to 6.5 last night, still below the parallel night at Turin 2006 and farther behind the North American 2002/2010 games.  Of course, CPMs (the price paid by advertisers for commercial time) have gone up in the past 8 years, so a 6.5 yields more revenue now than it […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.05 to 0.45, GREY’S ANATOMY ticked up to 0.43, and ALASKA DAILY was down 0.02 to 0.21. CBS:  The broadcast NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.86/1.42. NBC:  Returning from a month of reruns, LAW & ORDER fell 0.12 to 0.37, SVU lost a tenth to 0.48, and LAW […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  After adjustment, THE VOICE went up 0.1 and THE BLACKLIST went down by the same amount (in the latter case, negating its small climb from 2 weeks ago).  Also up by 0.1:  DANCING WITH THE STARS and 2 BROKE GIRLS, in both cases raising the shows slightly above their lows. MONDAY CABLE:  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL rose 0.08 to 0.61, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.04 to 0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.30/0.25/0.23/0.21. NBC:  THE VOICE gained 0.02 to 0.47, and THAT’S MY JAM was down 0.05 to 0.32. FOX:  9-1-1 edged up 0.02 to 0.53, and FANTASY ISLAND was down 0.04 to 0.17. CW:  […]

  A deadly night of reruns for the most part. CBS:  The highest rated show of the night was SURVIVOR, and even it was down 0.2 from last week to 2.2.  It was followed by reruns of CRIMINAL MINDS (1.4) and CSI (1.2). FOX:  The absence of new competition on most of the networks didn’t […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A SOUL OF THE NATION special was at 0.20, followed by a 20/20 rerun at 0.23. CBS:  A run of the movie STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS was at 0.15. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.23. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked down to 0.52. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.06/0.05. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP dropped 0.03 to […]