NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 1.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.48/0.36/0.22, compared to last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL HALL OF FAME GAME adjusted up 0.1 to 1.5 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Neither the NFL nor SHARK WEEK could stop TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER, on top of Thursday cable albeit down 0.07 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  PENN & TELLER: TRY THIS AT HOME lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s 90 DAY FIANCE franchise remained dominant on Monday cable at 0.77/0.50/0.44, compared to last week’s 0.88/0.48/0.46.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK ticked up to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but there was no bump for EXTANT.  The only other changes were 0.1 declines for the reruns of ARROW and SUPERNATURAL. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY again led the cable night, down a hundredth to 0.86, but lead-out COUNTRY BUCKS fell a heavier 0.09/0.11 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 2 adjusted up to 3.9 in final numbers.  Complete World Series ratings coverage in our Skedball Special Report.  Elsewhere, both THE MIDDLE and THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1, as did SURVIVOR.  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, ARROW and SUPERNATURAL, though, all fell by the same margin. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS adjusted all the way to 6.9, up 0.9 from last year’s Game 1 final rating.  As expected, the primetime pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE suffered from the time zone adjustments, down to 1.1.  There were no changes for any of the original series on NBC or FOX.  On the rerun […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was a 0.2 boost for the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun in final numbers, and an 0.1 increase for the rerun of YES, VIRGINIA. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was by far the highest […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The SCORPION rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Until Monday Night Football returns, Monday cable will continue to belong to USA and VH1.  The former’s WWE telecast was at 1.21/1.17/1.14, compared to last week’s 1.29/1.27/1.18.  On […]