NETWORK FINALS:  There were plenty of 0.1 bumps to go around in final numbers, for SPEECHLESS, MODERN FAMILY, CRIMINAL MINDS, CHICAGO PD, and EMPIRE.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The top of Wednesday cable was filled with sports, as TNT’s NBA […]

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        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, due to local NFL PRESEASON preemptions, we held our network ratings analysis for final numbers.  Comparisons are to last week unless otherwise noted: ABC:  The back-to-back season finale episodes of HOLEY MOLEY were at 0.6/0.5, compared to last week’s 0.5 hour.  REEF BREAK gained […]

  AMC executives may have felt like they’d been doing some meth themselves this morning–in a good way.  Five and a half seasons into its run, BREAKING BAD returned for its final 8 episodes with a vengeance, exploding to a total viewership of 5.9M.  That’s not just the highest rating by far in the show’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM, 8:30PM and 9:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns each lost 0.1 in final numbers after adjustment for local baseball preemptions.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even SHARK WEEK couldn’t dislodge VH1 and USA from the top of Monday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.4, up 0.8 from last week’s game.  In addition, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while PANDORA lost the same, putting it at zero (more precisely 0.04).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable, steady at 0.47, and FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA ticked down to 0.16.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC held at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30/0.15. CBS:  Reruns at 0.22/0.25/0.28. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked down to 0.65, and HOT WHEELS was down 0.06 to 0.25. FOX:  A movie was at 0.12. CW:  The season finale of SUPERMAN & LOIS was at 0.10, up a tick from last week and down 0.02 from the […]