NETWORK UPDATE:  The reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY each lost 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A generally slow cable Friday put 4 Disney Channel shows into the top 10.  At the top, though, was Discovery, with ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE down 0.05 to 0.97 and TREASURE QUEST down a tenth […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for New Year’s night. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN got everything it could have wanted from the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS, which were gigantic at 8.94/8.33, and had the highest […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted up 0.1 to 0.8.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD dipped 0.02 to 0.57.  Adult Swim’s late-night shows performed as follows:  DRAGON B ALL at 0.45/0.34 compared to last week’s 0.47/0.38, MY HERO […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER, THE AMAZING RACE, CHICAGO MED and CHICAGO PD all gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another heavy news night, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.56/0.85/4.7M, CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.48/0.69/2.7M, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The unimpressive start for RISE got worse, as it fell 0.1 in final numbers.  (FOR THE PEOPLE stayed as is.)  There were 0.1 bumps for THE VOICE, THIS IS US, the 9:30PM BLACKISH, and NCIS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCIS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  (Note:  for once, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN held onto its morning rating.)         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN had an easy victory on Tuesday cable, up a tenth to 0.87, with lead-out […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK returned from a rerun week at 0.57, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID was back from an off-week at 0.46.  An AMANDA GORMAN special was at 0.22. CBS:  BIG BROTHER lost 0.05 to 0.86, and 2 episodes of HOUSE CALLS (including the season finale) were at 0.20/0.15 compared to last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for BLACK-ISH.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND aired a regular episode at 0.56, up 0.27 from last week’s special, and THE FOOD THAT BUILT AMERICA was at […]