NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and WORLD OF DANCE lost the same.  In addition, after baseball adjustment, CW’s reruns respectively dropped 0.1 and 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  To those who asked, the official season premiere […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.50, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was at 0.47, and THE GAME SHOW SHOW premiered at 0.30. CBS:  SURVIVOR was steady at 0.67.  After a rerun at 0.19, the now-canceled TRUE LIES dipped 0.02 to 0.17. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise included MED down 0.12 to 0.40, FIRE down […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage and the rerun of BATTLEBOTS each received an extra 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, we’re at the mercy of the way some of the cable networks list their theatrical movie premieres, which is why JOHN WICK and SKYFALL are included in the Top 10 below.  […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUPERSTORE and both SUPERGIRL and SCORPION gained 0.1 in final numbers, but THE BACHELOR LIVE aftershow lost 0.1.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Without MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL to contend with, Monday cable was VH1’s for the taking, which it did with LOVE & HIP-HOP, up 0.06 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Two of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL games adjusted in final numbers:  ABC up by 0.1 to 0.7, and FOX up by 0.2 to 1.9. NBC’s game stayed at 1.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL and related programming […]

  The other notable story of the day was contained in Netflix’s 1st Quarter 2013 financial report, which showed that the company grew by 3 million subscribers during that period (2M in the US and 1M more internationally).  That gives the company 29.2M US streaming subscribers, plus 7.1M overseas.  (DVD subscribers are shrinking, but that’s […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from the New Year’s night preliminaries. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games and related programming continued to dominate cable, with 6 of the Top 10 slots, the top game being the ROSE BOWL (3.58), with the FIESTA BOWL (2.78) and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR jumped 0.25 to 1.11, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.04 to 0.44. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked up to 0.64, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.08 to 0.60.  NCIS was steady at 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII remained at 0.46. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: EXTREME EDITION dipped 0.05 to […]