NETWORK FINALS:  The season premiere of 20/20: IN AN INSTANT lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Showtime ran a “sneak preview” of I’M DYING UP HERE with little publicity and earned a rating of 0.03/102K. Sports occupied the […]

  As we’ve noted before, we’ll mostly be taking a break from reporting Friday ratings until the fall season begins, but this past Friday had an arrival worth making an exception:  the premiere of Cinemax’s THE KNICK.  That show, despite the participation of director Steven Soderbergh and star Clive Owen, was designed more to draw prestige […]

>History’s Pawn Stars returned with original episodes Monday at 10 pm, powering the reality hit to the top of the weekly cable ratings chart to a very good 2.0 rating with Adults 18-49.  That puts Pawn Stars tied for second place among all networks in the Monday 10 pm hour: #1 CBS Hawaii Five-O 2.6, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the rerun CAROL’S SECOND ACT lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage led the cable day, with COLLEGE GAMEDAY at 0.68, and games at 0.61/0.39/0.26, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.08 to 0.65.  (We don’t report on theatrical movies getting their cable debuts here, but KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE performed well for HBO […]

      NOTE TO READERS:  We don’t have a chart for Saturday network finals today, and will only be able to post the cable charts in preliminary format.  We’ll update when we can. Normal charts now posted below.     NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game gained 0.1 in final numbers to 0.6, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 0.8 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was dominant at 2.54.  CNN’s coverage of the ROYAL WEDDING gave it 9 of the Top 20 slots (led by the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS game adjusted up by 0.1.  In addition, the special DEAL OR NO DEAL fell 0.2 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s BIG LITTLE LIES returned at 0.39.  That show had an unusually sharp […]