NETWORK UPDATE:  The broadcast network ratings remained unchanged from those reported on Saturday morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped Friday cable, down 0.6 from last week to 1.41.  Its lead-out ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was #2, down […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed until the night after charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT gained 0.2 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage […]

Through the first two days of the current week, Shark Week continues to give Discovery a solid presence in the program rankings (although the network has declined each night from a 2.2 rating on Sunday to around a 1.7 Monday to a 1.3 on Tuesday).  Tonight Shark Week continues with Top 10 Sharkdown and Great White Serial Killer, […]

  Another dim night for most of the networks. NBC:  Last night marked the season’s final Friday airing of GRIMM before it moves to Tuesdays, and its send-off was unpromising, a 1.3 that was down 0.2 from its last new episode 3 weeks ago.  As could be expected after last week’s breaking news in Boston, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.48, with LIVE PD: WANTED steady at 0.37, and the lead-in hour up a tick to 0.22.  […]

The NBA Playoffs continue to dominate the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with two games hitting a 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 (Oklahoma City at Dallas on Thursday and the L.A. Lakers at Denver on Sunday, both on TNT and both coincidentally averaging the same number of Viewers 2+).  Five other NBA Playoff […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  48 HOURS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 9PM DATELINE dropped 0.2, and FOX’s MLB game as well as the SNL and AMERICAN IDOL reruns each lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was dominant […]

Two ABC sitcoms aired without their usual lead-ins, with mixed results. ABC:  The season finale of SUBURGATORY had to be a self-starter last night, airing as a one-hour without either Modern Family or The Middle as a lead-in.  The 8PM half-hour had a 1.5 that was down half a point from recent Middle ratings.  But the show recovered […]