NETWORK FINALS:  AGENTS OF SHIELD lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, but the 0.37 rating suggests (as was the case last week) a rerun or clip show.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the preemption in NY, CW’s line-up lost 0.1, leaving ARROW at 0.4 and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW at 0.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dopped 0.47 from last week’s game to 3.45.  On VH1, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 fell 0.12 to 0.48, GREY’S ANATOMY plunged 0.16 to 0.49, and BIG SKY was down 0.04 to 0.22. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, YOUNG SHELDON edged up 0.02 to 0.64, and the now-canceled UNITED STATES OF AL was up 0.08 to 0.50.  The also-canceled HOW WE ROLL was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Because of the many NFL PRESEASON preemptions, comparisons are to last Thursday’s finals rather than this morning’s preliminary numbers.  ABC:  after an 0.5 BEYOND THE TANK rerun (down 0.3 from last week’s), the season finale of MISTRESSES was down 0.2up 0.1 to 0.6, and the season finale of ROOKIE BLUE was up 0.2 to 0.7.  CBS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The final rating for THE OSCARS was 2.12, down 60% from the 2020 rating and consistent with other recent awards shows.  (A note to those arguing that the content of the show drove viewers to turn it off in progress:  the highest quarter-hour of the telecast was at 2.31 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.57.  CBS’s BELLATOR MMA was at 0.18.  NBC’s SNL was up 0.09 to 0.78.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.10.  CW’s WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS gained 0.02 to 0.08.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.82/0.52/0.49/0.35/0.32/0.26 on ESPN, and 0.13/0.13/0.11/0.08/0.03 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the NBA FINALS adjusted up to 6.8.             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER benefited from the controversy over his previous episode to the extent of topping Friday cable, but the rating […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The simulcast of Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT added up to a 1.38 rating with adults 18-49 and 5.239 million persons 2+ L+SD in an average minute of primetime (on ABC, ESPN2 and NFL Network).  On ABC, the 0.57 was up 0.12 from Night 2 in 2022. CBS:  Reruns at […]