A few notable items from today’s cable news: On the heels of a season-best rating last Sunday, HBO has renewed VEEP for a third season of 10 episodes.  Veep‘s been a very sturdy success for the network, considerably outrating its splashier sister show Girls this year (although, to be sure, Girls didn’t have a […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game gained 0.2 after adjustment to 3.1, while ABC’s stayed at 1.4, and NBC’s BREEDERS CUP coverage remained at 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A quartet of ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL games took 4 of the day’s Top […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no adjustments from the preliminary Friday numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was once again dominated by the NBA PLAYOFFS, this time on ESPN.  At 2.07, the San Antonio vs. Oklahoma City game topped everything on network […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MODERN FAMILY rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, up 0.08 to 0.81, with HUNTING HITLER up 0.08 to 0.44.  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN edged up 0.02 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.0 in final numbers (last week’s TNF final was 7.5).  In addition, HEROES REBORN gained 0.1, as did SCANDAL.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NFL Network part of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL topped Thursday cable at 1.40, down 0.43 from last week.  MTV’s TEEN MOM fell 0.24 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.54, THE PARENT TEST ticked up to 0.36, and THE CHASE was up 0.02 to 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.40/0.37/0.28/0.26. NBC:  Reruns at 0.45/0.43/0.31. FOX:  HELL’S KITCHEN lost 0.04 to 0.41, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.17. CW:  WALKER dropped 0.03 to 0.10, and WALKER: INDEPENDENCE ticked […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for the rerun of SHARK TANK.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Saturday cable at 0.33/0.33.  The network’s continuing NFL DRAFT coverage was at 0.32, and NFL Network’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final Friday numbers.  In addition, note that Nielsen has issued highly suspicious numbers showing SHARK TANK as having doubled its preliminary Friday rating to 3.6, and 20/20 almost doing the same by rising to 2.3.  We’ll update this post when new info comes in, but for now […]