> This season there are 289.7 million viewers living in 114.7 million TV households in the United States, as estimated by Nielsen.  If you believe these yearly estimates (and you must if you want to trust the ratings each morning), there are five million fewer people living in one million fewer homes than there were […]

> Frank Darabont who?  AMC returned THE WALKING DEAD to its schedule last night, and viewers were as ravenous for it as its monsters are for human flesh.  The show did an incredible 3.8 rating in 18-49s, outrating everything on network television except football.  That was up 25% from last season’s already-smash seaon finale, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL was the prime attraction, with FOX’s BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP at 2.72 ahead of CBS’s afternoon SEC CHAMPIONSHIP at 2.57 and ABC’s BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP at 2.10.  On CW, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY was at 0.07, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was at 0.05.  In late night, NBC’s SNL returned from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.06 to 0.86, and it was a strong lead-in for the premiere of UNSOLVED at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a rerun week, HOLEY MOLEY gained 0.02 to 0.38, THE CHASE was up 0.06 to 0.36, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was at 0.23. CBS:  Reruns at 0.35/0.27/0.28. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was steady at 0.64, and DANCING WITH MYSELF was down 0.06 to 0.30. FOX:  Reruns at 0.21/0.17. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY, THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON gained 0.1 in final numbers, but QUANTICO lost the same.  In addition, following adjustment for the baseball preemption in NY, SUPERNATURAL dropped 0.2 and ARROW was down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only changes from preliminary ratings were 0.1 declines for the 8PM/9PM CBS reruns.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another big day and night for COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games on ESPN, at 1.31 (Utah vs. Texas)/0.68/0.59.  CNN’s primetime NEW YEAR’S […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast led Monday cable at 0.72/0.66/0.63, compared to last week’s 0.81/0.76/0.72.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK was at 0.63/0.42 compared to last week’s 0.61, and SPY […]