BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS jumped two-tenths to 0.85, AMERICAN IDOL rose 0.13 to 1.06, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.07 to 0.51. CBS:  60 MINUTES lost 0.02 to 0.62, THE EQUALIZER gained 0.02 to 0.60, NCIS: LA was also up 0.02 to 0.51, and SWAT gained 0.06 to 0.51. NBC:  After […]

  Some networks were untouched by the massive Olympics ratings being piled up by NBC, while others appeared to be hit hard. USA:  Last night’s BURN NOTICE showed the limitations of the USA house format, as what should have been a relatively serious hour following the death of a major recurring character was 90% the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The ACM AWARDS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of THE GOLDBERGS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a night with no NBA games, Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS occupied the top of Wednesday […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday July 21, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  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:  Despite all of last night’s football preemptions, only ABC was affected in the final numbers, as THE QUEST lost 0.2 and ROOKIE BLUE lost 0.1 (putting its season finale at the same 1.0 as last year’s).  In addition, both BONES reruns on FOX dropped 0.1. Below are last night’s Top 25 cable […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 24 HOURS TO HELL & BACK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The day’s news was led by Fox News’s 5PM hour at 0.54/0.80/4.7M, with the same hour on CNN at 0.48/0.65/2.8M, and MSNBC’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for BIG SKY and FBI.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that the TBS STAR WARS listings are for runs of the movies, branded for the annual “May the 4th” day. On […]