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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The CW line-up, which may have been inflated by local sports preemption, dropped across the board, with the MASTERS OF ILLUSION special down 0.1, and the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns down to 0.2/0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE […]

      HOLIDAY DELAYS: The next cable and broadcast nationals post will be on Monday July 8 (ratings for Wednesday July 3). The rest of the schedule for next week will be posted separately soon.  Happy Independence Day!     NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers and the rerun of THE FLASH […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 drops for the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun, DATELINE and the 9:30PM episode of BEING REUBEN (bringing the latter back to zero) in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Republican Convention wave and civil unrest (and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for MIXED-ISH, YOUNG ROCK and PRODIGAL SON.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND dipped 0.04 to 0.52, and ASSEMBLY REQUIRED ticked up to 0.26.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As usual on fall Saturdays, cable was dominated by ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage, which took up 5 of the Top 10 slots, ranting from 0.41-1.59.  Its reign was interrupted in the #5 slot by […]