NETWORK UPDATE:  NCIS, THE FLASH and THE VOICE each gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was CNN’s night, thanks to the Nevada DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, which scored 3.59 for the debate itself, and put 4 other pieces of CNN programming into the Top 10.  Considering that […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 0.8.  Elsewhere, LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY episodes lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 0.96/0.59.  […]

Top broadcast and cable programs this week and last.  Shark Week kicked off Sunday on Discovery with the mockumentary Megalodon: Monster Shark at 9:00 pm, which matched the 2.2 True Blood rating with Adults 18-49 on HBO at the same time.  NFL’s pre-season Hall of Fame Game on NBC, also on Sunday, was the top program of the week.  Not shown […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE and KEVIN CAN WAIT gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SUPERIOR DONUTS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.10/1.09/1.01, compared to last week’s 1.22/1.21/1.00.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP was at 0.92/0.89, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustment from preliminary numbers was a 0.1 dip for the rerun of THE SIMPSONS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s NAKED AND AFRAID once again led Sunday cable, with 2 episodes at 1.22 and 0.93.  (Last week, the pair was at 1.23/0.87.)  At HBO, TRUE DETECTIVE shed 0.05 to 1.03, BALLERS was also down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TIME AFTER TIME needs all the help that it can get, so the fact that it squeezed its way to a 0.65 in final numbers, rounding up to 0.7, makes it slightly less dismal than it was in preliminaries.  In addition, NCIS: LA gained 0.1.         […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week (4/17-19), afternoon cable posts, which usually appear around 1:30PM PDT, will likely be posted about 5PM PDT.     NETWORK FINALS:  MAN WITH A PLAN and THE RESIDENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but things got worse for the premiere of THE CODE, which lost […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of the movie UP at 0.40, THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked up to 0.36. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked down to 0.54, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.02 to 0.46.  Returning from a rerun week, NCIS fell 0.11 to 0.44, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.11 to 0.32. NBC:  […]