NETWORK FINALS:  THE BRAVE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we noted on the Sunday cable post, officially the runs of THE ALIENIST on TNT and TBS were “sneak peeks,” but they were listed by Nielsen as […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s DAYTONA 500 coverage adjusted to 0.91.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL and 60 MINUTES.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note–due to last week’s Super Bowl, comparisons except where otherwise noted are […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–Because of the NFL preseason preemptions on Friday night, comparisons are to last Friday’s numbers rather than the Saturday morning preliminaries.  ABC:  the SHARK TANK rerun was steady at 0.9, and WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 were each down 0.1 to 0.9 and 0.8.  CBS:  all the reruns were down, ELEMENTARY and HAWAII […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.59.  FOX’s WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC coverage was at 0.40.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked up to 0.05/0.05.  In late night, NBC’s SNL ticked down to 0.75.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL coverage was at 0.74/0.62/0.47/0.39/0.27.  […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  GREY’S ANATOMY, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER and THE BIG BANG THEORY eaxh rose 0.1 in final Thursday numbers   Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 gained 0.07 to 0.61, GREY’S ANATOMY jumped 0.13 to 0.64, and BIG SKY was up 0.08 to 0.33. CBS:  The broadcast NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 1.86/2.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.43/0.31. FOX:  MASTERCHEF JR ticked up to 0.40, then CALL ME KAT slipped 0.03 to 0.33, and WELCOME TO […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for both episodes of THE CHASE, B POSITIVE, and THE UNICORN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA game was at 0.39, preceded by the ALL STAR DRAFT at 0.29, and followed […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.3, down 0.3 from last week’s game.  In addition, 60 MINUTES rose 0.2 in final numbers, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC, GARTH & TRISHA LIVE and A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS gained 0.1, while the 7:30PM rerun of BOB’S BURGERS lost the same.   […]