NETWORK FINALS:  The CMA AWARDS held at 2.1 in final numbers, putting it down 1.1 from 2017.  All the other morning ratings remained unchanged as well.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Lakers vs. Portland NBA game led Wednesday cable at 0.96, […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, football adjustment took some of the wind out of CBS’s morning sails, but not for THE BIG BANG THEORY, which held its full 4.1 rating.  As for the rest:  LIFE IN PIECES lost 0.3, MOM and ELEMENTARY fell 0.2, and 2 BROKE GIRLS was down 0.1.  There were no […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and the 9PM BLACK-ISH rerun as well as the reruns of THE FLASH and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.7/1.4.  In addition, AP BIO gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The entire Thursday cable Top 10 was made up of NCAA TOURNAMENT programming, topped by TNT’s late […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.3, down 0.9 from last year’s Game 2.  Elsewhere, there were 0.1 bumps for SURVIVOR and CHICAGO FIRE, while CHICAGO MED and SINGLE PARENTS lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.9.  (CBS’s AAF game held at 0.9).  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the rerun SNL dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s Duke vs. Virginia COLLEGE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  For AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD, it was a familiar story:  the show dominated the Sunday ratings, but the midseason premiere was down a painful 0.80 from last year’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of sports-related adjustments.  On ABC, Game 3 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 2.2 (down 2.4 from 2019’s Game 3, on a Wednesday in June), and BLACK-ISH lost 0.2 to 0.6.  On CBS, 60 MINUTES adjusted to 1.6/0.7.  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.5, down 0.8 from […]