>Original episodes graced the schedules of CBS and ABC Wednesday night, bringing ABC back above a 2 rating for the night and CBS close to a 3 rating.  American Idol suffered a bit, down four tenths of a rating point with Adults 18-49 but still running slightly ahead of NBC’s The Voice this week.  NBC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  STARGIRL gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was at the top of Tuesday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.37/0.60/4.1M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.29/0.43/3.4M, and CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.26/0.39/1.9M.  On […]

Another Thursday where football simulcasts could affect ratings on 2 networks.  For now, at least, Scandal is having a moment. ABC:  The midseason finale of SCANDAL, pre-football adjustment in Philadelphia, is at what would be a new series high 2.7, its third high-scoring week in a row.  (Even after any revision, the show will easily […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday November 17-18, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, November 18-19, […]

>Although technically BREAKING IN hasn’t yet been canceled (networks and studios hold on to their options until contractually forced to relinquish them), it’s essentially received a notice of execution. The plan had been for Breaking to inherit the Tuesday 9:30PM slot from RAISING HOPE after that show airs its season finale next week, running out […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, down a point from last week’s game.  On CBS, where football slid the schedule, 60 MINUTES gained 0.04 to 1.9, NCIS: LA rose 0.1 to 0.9, and MADAM SECRETARY’s rating was 0.6, steady with last week.           Broadcast Official Nationals […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  We don’t have final network charts yet, but here were the adjustments from this morning’s prelims:  ROSEANNE was even 0.1 bigger than its massive early number, and THE VOICE and THE MICK also gained 0.1, while SPLITTING UP TOGETHER and BULL lost the same.         Broadcast […]

  Marvel took over more of the universe last night. ABC:  AGENTS OF SHIELD was meant to be a blockbuster from the moment its development was announced, and so it was, with a giant 4.6 start that tied The Voice in the 8PM hour.  That’s 50% higher than the 3.1 debut for ABC’s last try at […]