NETWORK UPDATE:  HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): 12 MONKEYS got off to an OK 0.43 start for Syfy.  Perhaps understandably for a show based on a 20-year old movie, it skewed quite old, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a pre-emption week, THE CONNERS gained 0.06 to 0.56, THE GOLDBERGS was steady at 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY dipped 0.04 to 0.46, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.07 to 0.34.  BIG SKY lost 0.03 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.02 to 0.70, and THE AMAZING RACE was up 0.03 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND topped Tuesday cable, down 0.02 to 0.74, with the pre-show half-hour down 0.09 to 0.27, and lead-out BROTHERS IN ARMS down a […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 17, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLACK-ISH and HELL’S KITCHEN reruns lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Kamala Harris announcement put cable news at the top on Tuesday, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.44/0.69/4.6M, CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.32/0.45/2M, and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the new WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while coverage of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION went down 0.2 at NBC and up 0.1 at CBS.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FOX News feasted on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN IDOL finale gained 0.2 in final numbers, while AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was up 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Whatever viewers may have thought about the series finale of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES, they watched in record-breaking […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for SHARK TANK and MACGYVER.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH was at 0.51/0.38 compared to last week’s 0.41, and MYSTERY OF BLIND FROG RANCH ticked down to 0.16.  […]