NETWORK UPDATE:  Only HELL’S KITCHEN and the night’s rerun of MODERN FAMILY found an extra 0.1 in the couch cushions.  THURSDAY CABLE:  With no NBA Playoff games scheduled, it was a quiet night.  The NHL PLAYOFFS on NBC Sports Network were at 0.6.  PAWN STARS (History) was at 0.9/0.9, up 0.1 in the 2d […]

  Almost there… CBS:  The network used the eve of the fall TV season to launch MADAM SECRETARY.  The night started with a big boost from the 8.3 overtime of the Seattle/Denver Super Bowl rematch, which went into primetime and pushed the line-up (meaning adjustments are in store tomorrow), compared to last Sunday’s 6.7 primetime […]

>Airing on a special night (because of the World Series tonight), The X Factor scored another nightly victory for FOX with a 3.8 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals.  Expect the rating to go up to a 3.9 or even 4.0 in the official nationals, which would put the Simon Cowell singing competition show […]

  Has American Idol finally leveled out? FOX:  After 3 weeks of consecutive drops that brought the show down 0.7 from a month ago, AMERICAN IDOL was up a tick last night to 3.2.  That’s still a full point below its season average, and just over half its season high, but it may be the […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 19 through Sunday September 20, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the comparable weekend last year. NFL: Week 2 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 5.3, above last year’s 4.83 on cable, but considerably below the 7.1 for the last broadcast final 2 years ago.  In addition, the preceding rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY adjusted to 0.9.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

Last night’s TNT premiere of Dallas was watched by more viewers than any show on network television. FOX:  One broadcast network did manage to win the night in 18-49s, thanks to So You Think You Can Dance and its 2.4,  just slightly down from last week. ABC:  DUETS is relocated to Wednesdays for 2 weeks […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were multiple news-driven adjustments in final numbers.  On CBS, SURVIVOR gained 0.1 and SEAL TEAM was down the same.  On NBC, the CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD reruns both lost 0.1.  FOX’s LEGO MASTERS dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]