Ratings in key for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Lifetime’s WHITNEY movie dominated Saturday cable at 1.67, and actually the night was stronger for the network than the chart currently indicates, because a pair of post-movie documentary and music specials occupied the #2-3 slots at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MAN WITH A PLAN rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dominated Christmas Night at 3.47, up 0.39 from last week’s game, and the NFL Network’s afternoon game was at 0.62.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.06 to 0.86, and it was a strong lead-in for the premiere of UNSOLVED at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The premiere of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA and 9-1-1 each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY N IGHT FOOTBALL dominated Monday cable, although at 3.68 it was down 0.44 from last week’s game.  TLC’s 90 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ULTIMATE TAG and the rerun MASTERCHEF lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again at the top of cable, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.60/0.84/2.8M, Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.52/0.81/4.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SCANDAL lost 0.1 in final numbers, and CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.2, down rather badly by half a point from last year’s Day 1 broadcast network action.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Thursday cable belonged to the NCAA BOURNAMENT, with […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of SHARK TANK climbed 0.1 in final numbers.  However, the entire CW line-up, including both episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION and the season finale of THE ORIGINALS, fell 0.1, as did the movie EASY A on FOX.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of SNL and CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     NOTE:  At this time, we have no Saturday cable ratings lower than the Top 150 in the charts below. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, NFL […]