BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  CMA SUMMER JAM was at 0.46, down from the 0.8 for August 2019’s CMA FEST special. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dipped 0.07 to 0.92, followed by reruns at 0.17-0.31. NBC:  BROOKLYN NINE-NINE was at 0.28/0.25 compared to last week’s 0.40/0.33.  Reruns followed at 0.20/0.20. FOX:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated the night at 1.71. […]

>Big time professional sports dominate the top of this week’s cable ratings chart.  The NFL Draft turned in an excellent 3.3 rating with Adults 18-49 and nearly 7 million viewers 2+.  The Draft finished in third place in the 8:00 half hour on Thursday (behind only Big Bang Theory on CBS with a 4.1 rating […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM gained 0.1 but SHARK TANK and the rerun of THE ORIGINALS lost the same in final numbers.  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.5/1.8/1.8 over network primetime, from the preliminary 1.4/2.2/1.7.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT continued to dominate cable […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers (on the heels of its 2-year renewal that will bring it to Season 17), as did THE BIG BANG THEORY, while IN THE DARK lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s […]

    It’s not exactly a surprise that History’s HATFIELDS & MCCOYS had another spectacular ratings night with its conclusion on Wednesday.  The show actually went up from its record-setting Part 1 audience to a phenomenal 14.3 million viewers, with an 18-49 audience that should be in the high 3s–not just easily beating everything on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BRAVE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we noted on the Sunday cable post, officially the runs of THE ALIENIST on TNT and TBS were “sneak peeks,” but they were listed by Nielsen as […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was dominant at 1.49. CBS:  The season finale of COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.02 to 0.20.  The DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS were at 0.21, down 0.02 from the 2021 ceremony. NBC:  After a rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.26, DATELINE was up 0.04 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR was steady at 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked up to 0.29. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD fell 0.12 to 0.52, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA dropped 0.11 to 0.42, NCIS lost 0.09 to 0.39, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.11 to 0.30. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT dropped a tenth to 0.48.  It […]