Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It was a sports-heavy Top 10 on Saturday cable, with college football (topped by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.57) and UFC (led by the 11:50PM segment of Spike’s coverage at 0.89) taking up 8 of […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers were not kind to the night’s bubble shows, as THE MUPPETS, THE GRINDER and IZOMBIE all lost 0.1s they couldn’t spare.  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS was down 0.1 as well. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s THE PEOPLE VS. OJ SIMPSON topped Tuesday cable, but […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.07 to 0.57, and the lead-in hour was up 0.03 to 0.31.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.46/0.37 compared […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from Tuesday’s preliminary network ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   NOTE:  At this time, we don’t have Tuesday cable ratings lower than the Top 150 on the charts below. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not surprisingly, New Year’s Day belonged to ESPN, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.21/0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.23. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.05 to 0.74, and PASSWORD was up 0.03 to 0.50. FOX:  Reruns at 0.13/0.13. CW:  LEONARDO rose 0.03 to 0.07, and DEVILS ticked up to 0.04. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP fell 0.07 to 0.22, and INFIEL ticked up to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CMA AWARDS lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Wednesday cable at 1.14/0.92.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK returned at 0.68, and BROAD CITY was at 0.33.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW dropped […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MATCH GAME rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, up 0.08 to 0.73.  Discovery’s STREET OUTLAWS was at 0.57.  The season finale of History’s VIKINGS gained 0.02 to 0.53, and […]

Official ratings for Thursday came down to a combined 3.6 adult 18-49 rating for the five over-the-air broadcast networks last night from a very misleading 6.7 rating in the fast nationals, which were inflated by many local pre-emptions for the final night of NFL preseason games.  CBS declined 0.9 rating point from the fast nationals […]