NETWORK UPDATE:  The night’s rerun of THE GOLDBERGS was up 0.1 in final numbers, and the FAMILY GUY rerun slipped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  GAME OF THRONES came roaring back from last week’s decline, up a huge 0.88 to 3.45.  (So much for all those people who claimed they were offended by the show to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, DANCING WITH THE STARS and EMERGENCY CALL both dropped after adjustment for local NFL coverage.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was down 0.38 to 3.19.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s HANNITY at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things slid a bit for ABC after football adjustment, as expected, but even a 0.2 drop to 2.2 for THE GOOD DOCTOR is a terrific result (DANCING WITH THE STARS dipped 0.1). There were also several adjustments at CBS, with THE BIG BANG THEORY up 0.2 to 4.1, YOUNG […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  60 MINUTES adjusted down 0.2 once the NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun was taken into account.  The rest of the CBS line-up stayed where it was in preliminary results.  In addition, ONCE UPON A TIME gained 0.1, as did the second half-hour of THE LAST MAN ON EARTH and the night’s rerun of THE […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Football adjustments brought down ABC’s line-up, as THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT dropped 0.1 and GREAT HOLIDAY BAKING SHOW fell 0.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the 10:30PM TELENOVELA managed to gain 0.1, but that still wasn’t anything to boast about.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  It was another night of heavy adjustments due to local NFL PRESEASON games.  There were 0.2 declines for the reruns of AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT, and 0.1 drops for the rerun of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, as well as DATELINE, MASTERS OF ILLUSION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO […]

> An off-night if you didn’t have Thrones in your title. HBO:  GAME OF THRONES, airing an episode that started with a gasp-inducing surprise death (one less potential king for Westeros), was the highest-rated show on cable TV Sunday night, even beating the NBA Playoffs on TNT (although Thrones was over when the Clippers launched […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.94, up from last week’s final 4.3.  There were meaningful upward adjustments (i.e., changing the tenth of the original rating) for THE MASKED DANCER, the rerun of NCIS: LA, the 8PM rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and both reruns of SUPERMARKET SWEEP.   […]