Despite a bit of last-minute disruption from the new Royal Baby, the night still belonged to Under the Dome. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME ticked up slightly.  Dome‘s adult 18-49 rating episode track so far: 3.3…2.9…2.7…2.7… preliminary 2.8.  Prior to that, 2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY reruns tied for the non-Dome night’s lead with 1.2s. NBC:  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD narrowly averted this morning’s series low with an 0.1 adjustment upward, but while THE VOICE was also up 0.1, that just put it at a slightly higher series low.  The rest of the morning’s awful numbers remained as-is. TUESDAY CABLE:  TNT led again with NBA PLAYOFF games at 2.0/1.8, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SHARK TANK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, up 0.05 to 0.54.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC slipped 0.02 to 0.47.  Fox News’s HANNITY was the #3 […]

> Fridays are only half a real night for the broadcast networks right now, so it stands to reason that they get only half the ratings. CBS:  Will the network accept a 1.2 from A GIFTED MAN?  (And, to be fair, along with it an older audience that gives the show double the all-ages number […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE fell a tenth to 0.45, followed by a MIKE PENCE INTERVIEW special at 0.31. CBS:  Returning from a 2-week break, THE NEIGHBORHOOD fell 0.12 to 0.51, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.11 to 0.35, NCIS crashed by 0.13 to 0.35, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.04 to 0.32. NBC:  […]

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions.  Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  QUANTICO lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the BIG BANG THEORY rerun gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast had a strong night at 1.39/1.36/1.35, above last week’s 1.26/1.20/1.15.  VH1 had a tougher evening, as LOVE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS game and the rerun of MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE CROSSING lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS Game 7 was mammoth at 5.69, which gave […]