NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 12.0.  In addition, FOX’s primetime overrun for the late afternoon game was at 13.1, and adjustment after that pushed THE SIMPSONS down to 2.8, THE MICK  to 1.7 and FAMILY GUY to 1.4.  On ABC, the 9PM TO TELL THE TRUTH and CONVICTION […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while CASTAWAYS and the reruns of SEAL TEAM, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and MODERN FAMILY dropped the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE continued the show’s […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s Alabama vs. USC game adjusted up 0.1 to 2.5 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE ORIGINALS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, with games and related programming occupying 11 of the Top 12 slots.  (ESPN alone had 10 of those, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE returned to Tuesday, up 0.04 to 0.69.  QUEENS fell a tenth from last week to 0.24. CBS:  FBI climbed 0.13 to 0.75, and FBI: MOST WANTED (airing in the 9PM slot) jumped 0.19 to 0.69, followed by a rerun at 0.37. NBC:  The network again aired preview episodes of […]

  ABC should send a nice thank-you note to NBC, because the marginal but sufficient success of THE NEIGHBORS and SCANDAL, both of which received full-season 22 episode orders today, is directly due to the weakness of the Peacock competition.  (Note:  Scandal needed a back-order to reach 22 episodes because although it started last season, […]

NOTE: ABC numbers below could be inflated somewhat by a local pre-emption in Kansas City for NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (which aired nationally on ESPN). NBC numbers below also include a local pre-emption for NFL MNF in Baltimore, where the NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS was shifted to WBAL digital channel 2 and also available on […]

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  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did 48 HOURS.  The IZOMBIE rerun lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH gained 0.11 from last week and held the Tuesday cable crown with 0.99, with DEADLIST CATCH: THE BAIT as its 0.44 lead-in, and a SHARK WEEK SHARKTACULAR special as […]