The older fans who cherished TNT’s THE CLOSER came out in force for its series finale on Monday night, boosting its total audience by 50% from last week to a massive (for cable) 9 million viewers.  In pure percentages, its 18-49 number rose even more sharply, by 60%, but the show skewed so old […]

CBS won another week with NCAA basketball tournament games throughout the week and a lot of repeats on the other networks.  NBC’s The Voice returned to the schedule this week, putting NBC in a virtual three-way tie with ABC and FOX (with only four-hundreths of a rating point separating second from fourth place). Weekly Rating Mar […]

The Bachelor dominates the night.  (Also, a housekeeping note:  as you’ll see below, we’ve now including not just nightly and year-ago charts in these daily reports, but also the 6-week track of all the night’s shows, showcasing how each network series has been trending.) ABC:  THE BACHELOR is the rare network franchise these days on an […]

> The eagerly-awaited Season 5 of the most honored series on television, an interminable 17 months in the making, contents itself with a single enigmatic image:  Don Draper staring into a department store window, his reflected gaze held by two mannequins, one a naked female, her dress at her feet, the other a seated man […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.43/0.33/0.19. CBS:  Reruns at 0.46/0.36/0.31/0.27/0.29/0.33. NBC:  After a rerun SNL clip show at 0.51, THE WHEEL was down 0.02 to 0.26. FOX:  Reruns at 0.21/0.13/0.17. CW:  Reruns at 0.08/0.06. AMAZON:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 2.82, down 0.76 from last week’s game. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON lost 0.03 to 0.24, REINA […]

  NOTE: Thursday fast nationals for all broadcast networks are inflated by a high number of local NFL PRESEASON pre-emptions. ABC pre-emptions include: Washington DC (Ravens), Houston and Cleveland. CBS pre-emptions: New York (Jets), Boston, Dallas and Pittsburgh. NBC pre-emptions: New York (Giants), Philadelphia, Washington DC and Tampa. FOX pre-emptions: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and St Louis. […]

  The biggest reality shows on network television went head to head to head last night. NBC:  The Peacock threw a special results episode of THE VOICE against American Idol and Survivor last night, and the result was no clear winner.  The Voice tied with Survivor in the 8-8:30PM half-hour, then pulled ahead at 8:30 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and LOVE ISLAND gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night for the NBA PLAYOFFS, with TNT’s coverage of Lakers vs. Houston at 2.02 and Miami vs. Milwaukee at 1.16.  […]