NETWORK UPDATE:  Things got a lot uglier for CBS once THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL was removed from its affiliates’ ratings for the night.  Although THE BIG BANG THEORY held onto its 4.1 (season-low) rating, MOM fell 0.2 to 2.5, 2 1/2 MEN dropped 0.3 to 2.4, THE MCCARTHYS lost 0.2 to 1.7, and ELEMENTARY was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MARRY ME lost 0.1 and both THE FLASH and CHICAGO FIRE gained the same amount in final numbers.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): SONS OF ANARCHY returned from its week off for the final stretch of its run, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, football adjustments weren’t kind to ABC, where THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT and THE BACHELOR special both dropped 0.3.  In addition, BETTER LATE THAN NEVER lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s PRESEASON NFL game adjusted down 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, local preemptions brought everything else down (except the rerun of FRESH OFF THE BOAT), with 0.1 drops for the rest of ABC and all of NBC.  FOX’s BIG3 BASKETBALL lost 0.3, and the CW line-up was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE dropped 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 on the charts below. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had all of the Top 12 slots on […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s coverage of the latest DEMOCRATIC DEBATE led Tuesday cable at 1.35, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.33/0.48/3.3M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.20/0.31/2.1M.  […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for MACGYVER, WWE SMACKDOWN and the 8:30PM rerun of MR MAYOR.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 was the top-rated cable show of the day at 0.82/1.19/4.9M, with MSNBD’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted up to 0.9, and NBC’s NHL ALL-STAR GAME adjusted down to 0.5.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.12 to 0.59.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.56/0.41/0.37.  On a […]