NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE CON, TOUGH AS NAILS, CHICAGO FIRE, CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO PD, THE MASKED SINGER, and the rerun of CALL YOUR MOTHER.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE dipped 0.05 […]

  A new entry in the summer scripted brigade. TBS:  SULLIVAN & SON had a mediocre debut.  The first of its back-to-back episodes kicked off fairly well, just about even with the BIG BANG THEORY rerun that preceded it, both with 1.0 ratings in the demo and 2.5M total viewers (a bit over 50% of […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 6.9, down 0.4 from 2016.  In addition, LOVE CONNECTION and the AMAZING RACE season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even though the game itself was on ABC, […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS ratings climbed 0.4 in final numbers to 5.9.  Elsewhere, the 9PM rerun of WAYWARD PINES fell 0.1 to 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable coverage of the RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS took 5 of Saturday’s top 11 slots (and all of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.72, with the preceding clip show up 0.03 to 0.37.  3 Discovery SHARK WEEK titles occupied the […]

  HBO:  Another wacko episode of TRUE BLOOD (Lilith!) topped the night in cable (and beat everything on broadcast TV except the Bachelorette finale/epilogue) with a 2.6 (a splendid 75% of the viewers under 50), down just slightly from last week.  And as much as THE NEWSROOM seems to infuriate at least half the people […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Both ZOO and the NCIS rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.  In ZOO’s case, it settled at a 0.8 at 9:45PM and stayed that way for the rest of the broadcast.  CONTAINMENT, though, managed to stretch to a rounded-up 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE, THE GOLDBERGS and SVU gained 0.1 in final numbers, but both ARROW and SUPERNATURAL dipped the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was TNT’s turn to lead cable on Wednesday with its Golden State vs. Oklahoma City NBA PLAYOFFS game at 3.11, […]