NETWORK UPDATE:  Even with the night’s football simulcast removed from the CBS ratings, THE BIG BANG THEORY managed to go up by 0.1 in final numbers to 4.3.  However, the rest of the network’s schedule crashed, as MOM fell 0.3 to 2.3, 2 1/2 MEN by 0.2 to 2.1, THE MCCARTHYS by 0.2 to […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  WORLD SERIES Game 6 rounded up 0.4 to a final 6.6.  In addition, CHICAGO FIRE, THE VOICE, THE FLASH and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA Network was at the top of Tuesday […]

        NETWORK REPORT:  Although broadcast/cable coverage of the NFL DRAFT is being given blame for some of Thursday’s low ratings, that wasn’t particularly true last year, and the addition of FOX to the cable coverage didn’t raise the cumulative total rating all that much. ABC:  Supposedly international sales justified the renewal of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS and NBC line-ups dropped across the board in final numbers, with the NCIS: LA rerun down 0.1, and the 2 hours of 48 HOURS down 0.2/0.2, while all of NBC’s shows lost 0.1.  In addition, FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official […]

Ratings  in key demos or the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL doubleheader topped Saturday cable at 0.64/0.59, with an afternoon game in 4th place at 0.49, and additional games at 0.35.  An NHL game on NBCSN was farther down the Top 10 at 0.40.  Lifetime’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AQUARIUS managed an 0.1 uptick in final numbers, but that was by virtue of the 1.4 it scored in its first 15 minutes–as we reported this morning, it had slumped to 0.9 for what turned out to be its final 45 minutes, and that probably gives a better picture of where it’s […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUPER BOWL 50 adjusted to 37.7 in final numbers, a gigantic number but not the equal of last year’s 39.1.  LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT ended up at 7.7 for a show that began at 10:54PM ET and ended at 12:02AM.  That compared to last year’s 8.4 for the post-Super Bowl […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE FLASH and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, steady with last week’s 0.82, and lead-out DAMNATION was up 0.05 to 0.23.  On History, […]