NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, both THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT and THE GREAT HOLIDAY BAKING SHOW were 0.2 less great, respectively to 1.1 and 0.9.  On CBS, only SCORPION declined, and by 0.1.  The midseason finale of JANE THE VIRGIN also lost 0.1, without any football excuse.  Broadcast Official […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MLS SOCCER match and the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHILGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.31.  Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows:  DRAGON BALL at 0.10/241K & […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.5, while ABC’s game stayed as it was.  In addition, the AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s noon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led Saturday cable at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30/0.15. CBS:  Reruns at 0.22/0.25/0.28. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked down to 0.65, and HOT WHEELS was down 0.06 to 0.25. FOX:  A movie was at 0.12. CW:  The season finale of SUPERMAN & LOIS was at 0.10, up a tick from last week and down 0.02 from the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.34.  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY dropped 0.05 to 0.37, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.11 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE ticked down to 0.30. CBS:  The network had the late national NFL game, so 60 MINUTES rocketed to 1.33.  The season premiere of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted to 1.6.  Elsewhere, the MAN WITH A PLAN rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Things were no better for Monday cable’s big premiere, as AMC’s DIETLAND managed just an 0.16 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE OSCARS ended up at 10.5, down a fairly small 0.3 from the 2015 telecast.  Interestingly, in the final national numbers, the rating was basically steady through the telecast, without the bump in the first half-hour that was evident in the overnights.  The LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET pre-show […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE, LETHAL WEAPON, THE MICK, THE FLASH and BULL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while NCIS:  NEW ORLEANS lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT (with an episode that was available in uncut […]