The hills were not alive last night. NBC:  The night before Thanksgiving is traditionally an extremely slow one for TV viewing, and networks don’t typically air hour-long infomercials for their own upcoming programming, so it’s certainly premature for NBC to panic about the 1.0 for last night’s THE MAKING OF “THE SOUND OF MUSIC […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.54, THE PARENT TEST ticked up to 0.36, and THE CHASE was up 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.37/0.28/0.26. NBC:  Reruns at 0.45/0.43/0.31. FOX:  HELL’S KITCHEN lost 0.04 to 0.41, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.17. CW:  WALKER dropped 0.03 to 0.10, and WALKER: INDEPENDENCE ticked […]

  NBC:  GRIMM gained 0.2 from its last extremely low airing to reach 1.4, but the number isn’t as good as it looks, since it’s down 0.2 from its 1.6 in the previous week.  DRACULA fell 0.2 from its last airing.  The night started with 1.5 for DATELINE, up 0.4. FOX:  THE COTTON BOWL has […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.28.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.29.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked down to 0.04, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was down 0.03 to 0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA ALL-STAR SATURDAY NIGHT was at 1.29.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The WINTER OLYMPICS climbed 0.2 in final numbers, as did  THE BIG BANG THEORY.  AMERICAN IDOL and 2 1/2 MEN were both up 0.1, while THE MILLERS had the only drop, down 0.1. THURSDAY CABLE:  PAWN STARS (History) took the lead at 1.2, up 0.1.  APPALACHIAN OUTLAWS was behind at 0.9, also […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.11 to 0.63, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD edged up 0.02 to 0.54, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.07 to 0.38, NCIS slipped 0.03 to 0.41, and NCIS: HAWAII ticked down to 0.33. NBC:  THE VOICE fell a tenth to 0.64, and […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  HELL’S KITCHEN climbed 0.1, but AMERICAN IDOL stayed put, meaning that IDOL ended up just 0.2 above KITCHEN, even though KITCHEN faced off with THE BIG BANG THEORY.  BIG BANG, meanwhile, stayed at 4.9, but the other CBS sitcoms were down after adjustment, THE MILLERS and 2 1/2 MEN by 0.2 and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NBA PLAYOFFS game at 0.68. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, SWAT sipped 0.02 to 0.39, FIRE COUNTRY lost 0.03 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.05 to 0.30. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ, back from a rerun week, gained 0.02 to 0.31, GRAND CREW held at 0.19, and DATELINE […]