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:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.2 to 1.8 in final numbers, and FOX’s game was also up 0.2, although to a much lower 0.5.  In addition, 48 HOURS, DATELINE and the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of the SALVATION pilot lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD retook the Friday cable crown, up 0.02 from last week to 0.57. The two short episodes of Adult Swim’s pre-dawn WILLIAMS STREAM […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GOTHAM gained 0.1 in final numbers, while QUANTICO and the SCORPION rerun fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The series finale of A&E’s BATES MOTEL rose 0.04 to 0.46, and its AFTER-SHOW was at 0.30.  In the cable news […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  All the English-language networks had reruns with one exception.  ABC’s were at 0.30/0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.21/0.25/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.23/0.23. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN was steady at 0.47. CW:  Reruns at 0.06/0.06/0.08. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSAS dropped 0.04 to 0.29, AMOR VALIENTE lost 0.03 to 0.19, and INFIEL was down a […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS scratched out a 0.3 increase in adjusted finals, not much of a bump.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even with the WINTER OLYMPICS on broadcast TV, sports led cable, with ESPN’s Duke vs. North Carolina COLLEGE BASKETBALL game on […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.2 to 2.7 in final numbers, and NBC’s game also gained 0.2 to 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s coverage of the Cubs vs. Dodgers BASEBALL PLAYOFFS won Saturday cable at […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 5 adjusted up half a point in final numbers to an even more terrific 6.7, and yet SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL stayed strong, also up half a point to 6.5, which was 0.5 higher than last week’s game.  The only other adjustment was a 0.1 dip […]