NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.8, down 0.6 from 2018’s Game 3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.74/0.44.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH lost 0.04 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLACK-ISH rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On another day dominated by news programming, Fox News’s SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER was at 0.75/1.17/6.1M, with CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.56/0.81/2.8M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for WWE SMACKDOWN, THE BLACKLIST and 20/20.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.39/0.29/0.27/0.15, and Big Ten Network had a Top 10 game at 0.23.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did NCIS and A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): With SONS OF ANARCHY done, the top Tuesday cable shows were clustered together within a few hundredths […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost 0.1 in final numbers to a miserable 0.9.  The afternoon news was better at ABC, where THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY all got 0.1 bumps, as did AMERICAN IDOL and SURVIVOR.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of SECRETS & LIES gained 0.1 in final numbers, making it ABC’s highest rated show of the night.  In addition, FAMILY GUY gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s GAME OF THRONES was of course at the top of Sunday cable, up 0.o9 from last week to 3.56.  SILICON VALLEY slipped […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the entire CW line-up and the MASTERCHEF reruns lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim took the Friday cable lead, as THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW rose 0.09 to 0.52, and […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THE YEAR: 2016 dropped 0.1 in final numbers, so it now has to share the highest-rated show of the night title with reruns of SHREK THE HALLS and NCIS.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND was […]