>Last night, FOX won again with a slipping X Factor and the premiere of Bones.  FOX averaged a 3.5 Thursday night, up sharply from the 2.2 the network averaged the same night last year with Bones and Fringe.  CBS was in second place with a 3.3 rating, down a touch from a 3.4 last year.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.84/0.67.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW gained 0.08 to 0.56.  The season finale of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK rose 0.03 to 0.46, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK inched up 0.02 to 0.54, and 20/20 was down 0.03 to 0.33 CBS:  SWAT gained 0.07 to 0.50, MAGNUM PI was steady at 0.40, and BLUE BLOODS ticked down to 0.41. NBC:  The premiere of HOME SWEET HOME was at 0.21, about the same as the scripted reruns that […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Saturday’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.05 to 0.66, with the preceding clip show at 0.32.  The Adult Swim line-up performed as follows:  DRAGON BALL up […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Once the final round of THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT was adjusted out of the numbers, all of CBS’s line-up went down, by 0.3 for 60 MINUTES (to 1.8), and by 0.1 for each of MADAM SECRETARY (1.4), THE GOOD WIFE (1.1) and BATTLE CREEK (0.7).  Elsewhere, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1. Ratings […]

Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings:

NBC:  AQUARIUS (remember, already renewed for a 2d season!) fell 0.1 with its move to Saturday to a new low 0.3.  The sparse but committed fans of HANNIBAL, though, followed their show, which maintained its 0.4.  Both were outrated by the 0.5 for a rerun of RUNNING WILD. CBS:  Still burning off episodes of THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 2 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 4.8, down 1.7 from 2018’s Game 2.  Elsewhere, the 8:30PM rerun of LAST MAN STANDING lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD had a […]