NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games topped Monday cable at 1.39/1.05.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK dipped 0.05 to 0.56.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.50/0.48/0.45, compared to last week’s […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday April 8-9, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, April 9-10, […]

  America’s Got Talent continued to dominate Tuesdays, doubling the next highest rating on the night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT climbed an impressive 0.3 from last week to 2.8, and in the 10PM hour it more than tripled the next closest rating.  An 8PM rerun of HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT had a 1.0. FOX:  SO YOU […]

  SATURDAY STARZ:  Starz would be pleased if THE WHITE QUEEN can continue where it landed with its second episode.  Although its 800K total viewers and 0.3 in 18-49s were below the total of the many airings Starz and its sister networks gave the premiere the week before, it was above any single one of […]

Thursday ratings last night, last year and last week.  CBS and ABC ratings subject to significant change (up to 0.4 rating point) due to pre-emptions in New York (WCBS) and Boston (WCVB ABC) for the Jets-Patriots game aired nationally on NFL Network.  A tough night for The X Factor (up only one tenth from yesterday’s […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  In adjusted numbers, all the 8PM shows (except DADS) went up 0.1, still leaving AGENTS OF SHIELD and NCIS down a respective 0.4 and 0.7 for the night.  THE GOLDBERGS went down 0.1, putting it 0.2 behind NEW GIRL in the 9PM battle of the sitcoms.  At 10PM, CHICAGO FIRE declined 0.1, […]

  AMC:  In the single least-surprising development of the season (perhaps the century), THE WALKING DEAD has just been renewed for a 5th season.  Slightly more surprisingly, it appears as though Scott M. Gimple, with survival skills his predecessors lacked, will return as showrunner.  On Sunday, Walking Dead was down a slight 0.3 airing against […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, post-football adjustment wiped out the 0.2 improvements for REIGN and GLEE.  However, THE X FACTOR only lost 0.1 of its 0.3 gain, sticking at 1.5, and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES stayed at 1.3.  THE BIG BANG THEORY and GREY’S ANATOMY were also adjusted up 0.1, which for GREY’S at least got […]