NETWORK FINALS: The season premiere of 20/20: IN AN INSTANT lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Showtime ran a “sneak preview” of I’M DYING UP HERE with little publicity and earned a rating of 0.03/102K. Sports occupied the […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no adjustments from Friday’s preliminary ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN had the night’s NBA PLAYOFFS games at 1.48/1.39. Cable coverage of the NFL DRAFT was split between ESPN and ESPN2 (0.75/0.54), and also carried on NFL […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE gained an extra 0.1 in final numbers, but the already-canceled THE MESSENGERS fell 0.1 to a tiny 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader ruled the night at 1.99/1.20. Discovery’s BERING SEA GOLD was up a tick to 0.54, and UNEARTHED was down a tick […]
NETWORK UPDATE: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR earned an extra 0.1 in final numbers, as did the season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE (and the SHARK TANK rerun that preceded it). The NCIS: LA rerun dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On the Monday before the NFL takes over ESPN’s Monday night, the network aired the season’s first COLLEGE […]
NETWORK FINALS: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Even with the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION in gear, VH1 and USA continued to split the Monday cable honors. VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was steady at 1.40, with lead-out […]
NETWORK FINALS: FOX’s DAYTONA 500 coverage adjusted to 0.91. In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL and 60 MINUTES. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Note–due to last week’s Super Bowl, comparisons except where otherwise noted are […]
NETWORK UPDATE: There were 0.1 bumps for THE BRIEFCASE and the rerun of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: HGTV’s BROTHER VS BROTHER rode a 0.15 increase into the top slot on Wednesday cable, with lead-out HOUSE HUNTERS up 0.06 to 0.47, and HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.42. THE GAME (BET) dropped 0.05 to 0.63, […]
NETWORK UPDATE: NOTE–Because of the NFL preseason preemptions on Friday night, comparisons are to last Friday’s numbers rather than the Saturday morning preliminaries. ABC: the SHARK TANK rerun was steady at 0.9, and WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 were each down 0.1 to 0.9 and 0.8. CBS: all the reruns were down, ELEMENTARY and HAWAII […]