CBS is looking like a 1.50 rating for the week of August 20-26, enough for a share of first place this week but down 10% from the same week last year.  The NFL preseason games last year were a 2.0 on Friday (GB at IND) and 1.8 on Saturday (NE at DET), while this year […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no significant adjustments from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.39/0.29.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES jumped a tenth to 0.22.  Cable news was led by Fox News’ THE […]

>Lifetime’s Jennifer Love Hewitt massage-parlor epic THE CLIENT LIST had a premiere on par with last week’s Army Wives episode, around 2.8M viewers. (One imagines it might have skewed younger than Wives, but no demo information is out yet.) If Client can maintain that level of rating, the network will be delighted, as every companion […]

  The regular season hasn’t started yet, but the NFL is already in charge. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf, although preliminary numbers have the Sunday night NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL game at a 2.1, we anticipate that final numbers will bring that to 2.6, easily winning the night for NBC. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.2 to 2.3, […]

>One full week into the November sweep, we are starting to get a clear picture of the relative position of each network.  FOX is holding on above a 4 rating in first place, up significant double digits over last year.  CBS is in second at a 2.8, up 11% over last November’s first seven days, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, CBS’s line-up lost 0.2 across the board.  In addition, ARROW gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.46, down 0.16 from last week.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of the NIGHTLINE special that ran after LIFE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE WALL lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game easily topped […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The final game of the WORLD SERIES adjusted up 0.03 to 5.1, and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.2, up 0.6 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, both 60 MINUTES and CSI: CYBER lost 0.1 in final numbers.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC was king of Sunday […]