NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL PRESEASON game adjusted up 0.03 to 1.9 in final numbers. Elsewhere, everything on ABC lost 0.1, leaving the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.9, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 1.1, FUNDERDOME at 0.7, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID at 0.6.  In addition, CANDY CRUSH dropped 0.1 to 0.4. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s original movie CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND led Saturday cable at 0.66.  Fox Sports 1’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game narrowly beat ESPN’s evening game, 0.64 vs. 0.63, with other […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 1.1.  In addition, the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun gained 0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 1.18/0.51/0.43/0.35, and the network’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.80.  A&E’s […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games took up 5 of Saturday cable’s top slots, led in a big way by the primetime game at 1.52, and with the earlier games at 0.68/0.48/0.46/0.32.  The other network having a very good […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  (NOTE:  because of the NFL preemptions last night, comparisons are to last Thursday’s final ratings, not to this morning’s preliminaries.)  On ABC, ASTRONAUTS WIVES CLUB and ROOKIE BLUE remained at last week’s 0.6, while MISTRESSES climbed 0.1 to 0.7.  On CBS, the MOM reruns, at 0.7/0.8, were far below last week’s BIG BANG THEORY/MOM reruns at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION, THE BIG STAGE and the 9:30PM PEAKING all dropped 0.1 in final numbers, which in the case of the latter pushed it to a 0.0 rating, something not seen very often.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for CHICAGO FIRE and the reruns of THE GOLDBERGS and CALL YOUR MOTHER.  In addition, the 2 hours of the MASKED DANCER season finale were rated as separate hours at 0.51/0.68.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  THE GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 5.5 in final numbers (0.3 below the finals for last year’s edition), and the ARRIVALS SHOW fell to 1.4.  After adjustment for the NFL WILD CARD game that ran into FOX primetime, THE SIMPSONS adjusted to a still-tremendous 3.6, COOPER BARRETT’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE got […]