BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN at 0.42, 20/20 fell 0.66 from last week’s huge number to 0.36. CBS:  Reruns, with FROSTY holiday specials at 0.49/0.39, then procedurals at 0.29/0.30. NBC:  A run of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS at 0.58, followed by the new specials 5 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.71, AMERICAN IDOL fell a tenth to 0.66, and the season finale of THE ROOKIE was at 0.36, down 0.05 from last week and down 0.15 from the 2021 finale. CBS:  60 MINUTES dropped a tenth to 0.46.  The season finale of THE EQUALIZER […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary morning ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.72 (Houston vs. Clippers)/0.40 (San Antonio vs. Philadelphia), preceded by a COLLEGE BASKETBALL game at 0.24.  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MADAM SECRETARY stayed put, but THE GOOD WIFE gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did the final FOX episode of AMERICAN DAD (it’s moving to TBS).  60 MINUTES lost 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up 0.6 to 7.8. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Sunday (plus a few […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SINGLE PARENTS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE led Wednesday cable, down 0.12 to 0.51, with lead-in RIDICULOUSNESS. at 0.22 compared to last week’s 0.30/0.28  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW edged up 0.02 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable news was at the top of Friday cable, by way of Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.32/0.49/3.5M, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.25/0.34/1.5M, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY led Wednesday cable, up 0.05 to 0.47, and SUMMER HOUSE ticked down to 0.18.  It was a big night for Fox […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  New Year’s Day continued to be the domain of reruns on the networks.  The highest-rated telecast of the day was ABC’s afternoon coverage of the CITRUS BOWL at 1.24, with the preceding ROSE PARADE at 0.93   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games had […]