NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while BURDEN OF TRUTH and the rerun of SEAL TEAM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, down 0.09 to 0.51, with MARTHA & […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.24/0.23/0.22/0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.41/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.30/0.29. FOX:  MASTERCHEF held at 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE stayed at 0.28. CW:  The season finale of THE FLASH was at 0.11, steady with last week and down 0.05 from the July 2021 finale.  A new WELLINGTON […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The new CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD and THE $100,000 PYRAMID both gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The big winner of Sunday cable was unquestionably Starz, which smashed past HBO and Showtime with a series-high 1.10 rating for […]

  Vegas doesn’t travel well. CBS:  It’s probably time for VEGAS to cash in its chips after a weak 0.9 Friday debut.  The number was particularly ugly because the shows that surrounded it, UNDERCOVER BOSS and BLUE BLOODS, were so much stronger, with Boss at 1.5 (up 0.1) and Bloods even at 1.4.  That means […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A Monday edition of AMERICAN IDOL was up 0.08 from Sunday’s episode to 0.73, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.38. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked down to 0.63, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.09 to 0.51  NCIS ticked down to 0.55, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.06 to […]

Monday ratings.  CBS’s Under the Dome (2.5 adult 18-49 fast national rating last night, probably going up to a 2.6 in the official nationals later today) is down from recent levels (2.8 rating average the last three weeks),  but the dip is probably more related to unusually strong competition from ABC’s Bachelorette finale night than the ongoing blackout from […]

  It was a slooooooooow Sunday on network TV. CBS:  BIG BROTHER claimed the highest number of the night on any network, but its 1.8 was down a discouraging 0.7 from last week.  UNFORGETTABLE hit a new low 1.0, down 0.1. NBC:  On its last Sunday before the return of regular-season football, the network could […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PRESS YOUR LUCK and the rerun of THE FLASH lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of FX’s POSE was quite steady at 0.26, up 0.02 from last season’s premiere (on a Sunday) and […]