NETWORK FINALS:  The series finale of THE BIG BANG THEORY and PARADISE HOTEL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the season finale of YOUNG SHELDON, the UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY special and the FOR THE PEOPLE series finale lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY, THE BIG BANG THEORY and YOUNG SHELDON gained 0.1 in final numbers, but QUANTICO lost the same.  In addition, following adjustment for the baseball preemption in NY, SUPERNATURAL dropped 0.2 and ARROW was down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  With the help of an late afternoon NBA PLAYOFFS lead-in, a rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.51.  After that, AMERICAN IDOL rose 0.09 to 0.79, and THE ROOKIE returned from a week off up 0.02 to 0.37. CBS:  60 MINUTES was up 0.02 to 0.57, THE EQUALIZER dropped […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The final 5.0 for THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was up 0.3 from last week’s rating.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.97, down 0.07 from last week.  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE dipped 0.07 to […]

> UPDATE:  Glen Mazzara, who’d been Frank Darabont’s #2 on the WALKING DEAD writing staff,  has indeed been appointed to take over showrunning duties.  (Darabont’s continued presence, if any, is still being discussed.)  Mazzara has a lot of experience as a writer/producer on shows like Hawthorne, Crash and The Shield, but not as a show […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things got (slightly) better for FOX in final numbers, as both GRANDFATHERED and SCREAM QUEENS got 0.1 bumps, putting them both at 1.2.  (THE GRINDER, however, remained at 1.0.)  In addition, THE MUPPETS and NCIS gained 0.1, but the QUANTICO rerun fell the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After reruns at 0.33/0.22/0.24/0.18, A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was steady at 0.26. CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.85, BEYOND THE EDGE also ticked down to 0.27, and GOOD SAM ticked up to 0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.39/0.43/0.43. FOX:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.04 to 0.67, and DOMINO MASTERS was down 0.02 […]