NETWORK UPDATE:  The rerun of DATELINE lost 0.1, and the rerun of BLUE BLOODS gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE retained its Friday cable crown, although on the slow pre-holiday night it was down 0.17 to 0.80, with CATCHING MONSTERS down 0.05 to 0.34.  Lots of family shows and sports hit […]

> Showtime has announced that the network’s stalwart WEEDS, now in its 8th season (and, honestly, probably a bit past its prime) and relative newcomer EPISODES will return to the schedule on Sunday July 1, running in the 10-11PM hour.  Weeds is still moderately successful for Showtime, with over 700K total viewers for each episode’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A Monday edition of AMERICAN IDOL was up 0.08 from Sunday’s episode to 0.73, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.38. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked down to 0.63, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.09 to 0.51  NCIS ticked down to 0.55, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.06 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:   FAMILY GUY and DATELINE gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  GAME OF THRONES (HBO) lost a tenth it could spare, down to 3.47.  SILICON VALLEY rose 0.12 to 1.09, then VEEP gained 0.03 to 0.52, and LAST WEEK TONIGHT dipped 0.07 to 0.64.  On Showtime, NURSE JACKIE dropped 0.07 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the NEW AMSTERDAM season finale, the NBC NEWS special and the 10PM FBI MOST WANTED lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, steady at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.28/0.21/0.21/0.14/0.17. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.06 to 0.81, and THE CHALLENGE was down 0.06 to 0.33, followed by a SWAT rerun at 0.17. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT fell 0.08 to 0.52, followed by reruns at 0.33/0.30. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was down 0.06 to 0.39. CW:  The season premiere of STARGIRL […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.3 in final numbers, down 0.7 from last week’s final (which was down 1.4 from the final before that).  There was no change to the 3.5 for the AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, and no adjustments anywhere else. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up to 1.5 in final numbers.  In addition, MISTRESSES dropped 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  RIZZOLI & ISLES began its final season on TNT at 0.58/0.52 for back-to-back episodes, down from 0.75 for […]