BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.63, an impressive 0.77 above last July’s Game 1. CBS:  After reruns at 0.34/0.29/0.28/0.23, the special HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN was at 0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.34/0.29. FOX:  MASTERCHEF JR was at 0.40/0.33 compared to last week’s 0.31. CW:  New episodes aired for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Now that we have final ratings for CBS, let’s take a look at how the line-up fared.  THE BIG BANG THEORY, at 2.7, was down 0.7 from its Thursday premiere last fall, a 20% drop.  YOUNG SHELDON held its lead-in well at 2.2, which was higher than the 1.9 […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It was a sports-heavy Top 10 on Saturday cable, with college football (topped by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.57) and UFC (led by the 11:50PM segment of Spike’s coverage at 0.89) taking up 8 of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX has asked that the ratings for EMPIRE be counted as two separate hours, and that gives them adjusted numbers of 6.1 for 8-9PM, and 6.9 for 9-10PM, with an astonishing 7.2 for the show’s final 15 minutes.  (The overall 2-hour average is 6.5, up 0.1 from the morning ratings.)  On CW, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Because of the many NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Thursday’s finals rather than this morning’s preliminary numbers.  ABC:  after an 0.5 BEYOND THE TANK rerun (down 0.3 from last week’s), the season finale of MISTRESSES was down 0.2up 0.1 to 0.6, and the season finale of ROOKIE BLUE was up 0.2 to 0.7.  CBS:  […]

For broadcasters: The end of the world as you know it?  Walking Dead not only tops the cable ratings chart, but also beat everything else on TV — by far.  The highest-rated program in prime time last week on broadcast television with adults 18-49 was the the second game of the NCAA double-header Sunday that spilled into […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  As was the case last year, the season premiere of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was simulcast on broadcast and cable.  ABC’s share was at 2.16, down a hefty 1.79 from 2021. CBS:  Reruns at 0.31/0.30/0.27/0.24. NBC:  The EMMY AWARDS were at 1.09, a new low that was down 0.72 from last year […]

  ABC:  On a finale night, the season finale of THE CONNERS was at 0.45 (up 0.05 from last week and up 0.03 from last year’s finale), the series finale of THE GOLDBERGS was steady with last week at 0.30, the season finale of NOT DEAD YET was at 0.24/0.18 compared to last week’s 0.26, […]