NETWORK FINALS:  Game 5 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.7 (down 1.9 from 2018’s Game 5), and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.7 (down 0.9 from last week).  The CBS football-related adjustments included a 0.6 drop for 60 MINUTES, and 0.1 declines for GOD FRIENDED ME and MADAM SECRETARY.  In […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AGENTS OF SHIELD gained 0.1 in final network ratings… but so did THE FLASH, so they remained in a tie.  Also up 0.1 were THE VOICE and THE MINDY PROJECT.  ABOUT A BOY and CHICAGO FIRE, however, each lost 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday: SONS OF […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race adjusted up to 1.0 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of Starz’s OUTLANDER more than doubled its Season 1 finale (and also its series premiere), up an impressive two-tenths to 0.39.  Unusually, ESPN’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US dropped 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD narrowly led Friday cable, up 0.02 to 0.58, with the pre-show hour up 0.03 to 0.31.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.57/0.40, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 4 adjusted up to 2.6 in final numbers, and ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL adjusted to 1.4. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Elsewhere on the gridiron, ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage took up the top 6 slots of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  At CBS, BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 in final numbers and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost 0.1.  (EXTANT stayed where it was.)  The BLACKISH rerun dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The sharks won yet again, as Discovery’s week swam on.  This time, SUPER PREDATOR was at 1.51, NINJA SHARKS was at 1.44, and SHARK AFTER DARK was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN IDOL and the ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE RED LINE lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s GAME OF THRONES may have set a series record with its 12.5M total […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s BIG LITTLE LIES led Sunday’s scripted cable, down 0.06 to 0.39, with EUPHORIA steady at 0.21.  On […]