NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even with the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION in gear, VH1 and USA continued to split the Monday cable honors.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was steady at 1.40, with lead-out […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TO TELL THE TRUTH lost 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE SIMPSONS gained the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s SHARP OBJECTS got off to an encouraging start at 0.45, up 0.14 from last year’s premiere […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustments were 0.1 increases for the reruns of NCIS and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   TNT’s last NBA PLAYOFFS game of the season gave it the night at 2.48.  On Discovery, THE DEADLIEST CATCH was down 0.05 to 0.97, lead-in DEADLIEST CATCH: THE BAIT was at 0.42, and SONS OF WINTER […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  GREATEST HITS lost another 0.1 in final numbers, putting it down 0.2 from last week’s premiere, and AQUARIUS was down 0.1 as well.  (Note:  the reason AQUARIUS’s ratings were broken out with the first 13 minutes separate from the rest is that in much of the country–but not all–that section […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for the reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES, 9-1-1, TO TELL  THE TRUTH and SHARK TANK             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games continued their reign, with the ORANGE […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 6.8.             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER benefited from the controversy over his previous episode to the extent of topping Friday cable, but the rating […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  Note that THINK IT UP ran without commercials, and therefore did not receive a final Nielsen ratings on any of its networks.  There were no adjustments from the early numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s BRING IT took the night, down 0.03 to 0.54, and with lead-out ATLANTA PLASTIC also down 0.03 to 0.37.  On […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no good news for SUPERGIRL, which stayed at 1.7 in final numbers.  About the only positive was that the show was rock-steady at that number in all of its quarter-hours, so the viewers that are still there seem to be satisfied.  CBS can console itself with a 0.1 rise for […]