NETWORK FINALS:  YOUNG SHELDON, the 8PM GREAT NEWS and the SNL clip show all gained 0.1 in final numbers, while SWAT lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Thursday cable was heavy on sports, as TNT’s NBA doubleheader topped the night […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2.  At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun dropped 0.2 to 0.5.  Also down 0.1 were BIG BROTHER (to 2.0) and the MOM rerun (1.1).  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tis the season for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  HAWAII 5-0 and HELL’S KITCHEN gained 0.1 in final numbers, but THE EXORCIST lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS were once again at the top of cable, with TBS’s pair of games at 0.94/0.88, MLB […]

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): There’s not much doubt about what tops the ratings on Sunday cable, and AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD did so again, although it was down 0.26 to a mere 7.27.  TALKING DEAD followed as usual, down 0.06 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were some significant adjustments due to local NFL preemptions.  ABC’s BACHELOR IN PARADISE fell 0.3, and the rerun of THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.02, while the entire CW line-up was down 0.1.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s TRANSPLANT gained 0.02 to 0.11.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.49.  CW’s originals were at 0.03/0.03.  Univision’s LIGA matches were at 0.20/0.28.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.24/0.17, and WIMBLEDON coverage was at 0.21/0.16.  On ESPN2, a FORMULA 1 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB baseball coverage adjusted to 0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.29.  Discovery’s Shark Week continued with SHARKS GONE WILD at 0.24, SHARKS OF GHOST ISLAND at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE and MY LAST DAYS each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated the night at 2.94.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES was the highest-rated show not related to basketball at […]