BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 1 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.33.  (Last year’s Game 1 aired on NBC Sports Net at 0.48.) CBS:  Reruns at 0.44/0.28. NBC:  Reruns at 0.31/0.29/0.27. FOX:  MASTERCHEF dipped 0.03 to 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.04 to 0.31. CW:  THE FLASH fell […]

  NOTE:  We’ll post final charts when we have them.  Also, at this time we have no information on Friday cable ratings below the Top 150.     NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PROVEN INNOCENT, BLUE BLOODS and SCREENTIME lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals […]

Updated with corrected ABC-only numbers for NFL Monday Night Football. BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL aired on both broadcast and cable networks, and ABC’s portion was at 1.86. CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.33/0.27/0.24 NBC:  THE VOICE gained 0.02 to 0.73.  It was followed by 2 preview episodes of the upcoming sitcom AMERICAN AUTO at 0.36/0.27. […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s college basketball conference tournament coverage took up all of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with the ACC leading the way with 1.17.  (Other tournaments on ESPN2 and FS1 also made the chart.)  4 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD continued its decline, down 0.13 to a new low 0.83, with TALKING DEAD (which aired at 11PM last week after PREACHER) up 0.05 […]

      NETWORK UPDATE:  THE EMMYS adjusted to 2.8 in final numbers, still down a big 0.8 from the 2015 final rating.  (The Red Carpet PRE-SHOW went down to 0.9 after adjustment.)  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 8.2, far below the 9.7 for last year’s parallel game.  Once the late afternoon NFL overrun was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  News specials about the death of Queen Elizabeth were at 0.36/0.33. CBS:  After reruns at 0.34/0.32, BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.67. NBC:  The official NFL season began with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at 5.86.  That was down 1.71 from last year’s kick-off game, but still a mammoth number for linear […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were 0.1 bumps for WHAT WOULD YOU DO, the new episode of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and the rerun of THE BRIEFCASE, but THE MESSENGERS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE dominated Friday cable at 0.97, despite a 0.11 decline from last week.  Lead-out CATCHING […]