AMC: THE WALKING DEAD, of course, chomped on everything but Sunday Night Football, with a 6.0 in 18-49s rating that was down 0.2 from last week. (The 11PM re-airing added another 1.0.) TALKING DEAD remained steady at 2.2. SHOWTIME: HOMELAND is perplexing many of its fans this season, but its ratings remained even with […]
NETWORK UPDATE: THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, but THE ODD COUPLE declined by 0.1. Elsewhere, BACKSTROM found an extra 0.1, but REIGN fell 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE held top honors for […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The post-football adjustments at CBS were once again substantial. BIG BANG THEORY lost 0.1 to 3.7, which tied it with last week’s final number, and things went downhill from there. LIFE IN PIECES dropped half a point to 1.8 (down 0.1 from last week), MOM fell half a point to 1.5 (same […]
NETWORK FINALS: Now that we have final ratings for CBS, let’s take a look at how the line-up fared. THE BIG BANG THEORY, at 2.7, was down 0.7 from its Thursday premiere last fall, a 20% drop. YOUNG SHELDON held its lead-in well at 2.2, which was higher than the 1.9 […]
The NBA Playoffs continue to dominate the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with two games hitting a 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 (Oklahoma City at Dallas on Thursday and the L.A. Lakers at Denver on Sunday, both on TNT and both coincidentally averaging the same number of Viewers 2+). Five other NBA Playoff […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.06 to 0.41, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY jumped 0.11 to 0.49, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was up 0.04 to 0.40, and a MICHELLE OBAMA INTERVIEW special was at 0.26. CBS: Compared to their last time slot airings when the network didn’t have the late national NFL game, 60 […]
NETWORK FINALS: BLUE BLOODS and THE EXORCIST lost 0.1 in final numbers, pushing the latter to a pitiful 0.3. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s USC vs. Stanford COLLEGE FOOTBALL game topped Friday cable at 0.99. On Discovery, GOLD RUSH gained 0.03 to […]
NETWORK FINALS: The AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 11.83, down a bit from the final 12.2 for 2020’s primetime NFC game. FBI, which began at 10:30PM, had a 1.98 rating. In addition, there was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS. Broadcast […]