NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.8.  In addition, GREY’S ANATOMY and THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network had to share THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL with FOX, pushing the cable part of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The special MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.0, followed by an episode of BIG BROTHER at 0.9.  In addition, in final numbers the BIDEN TOWN HALL gained 0.02 to 0.07, and EMERGENCY CALL and PENN & TELLER: FOOL US both lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

For broadcasters: The end of the world as you know it?  Walking Dead not only tops the cable ratings chart, but also beat everything else on TV — by far.  The highest-rated program in prime time last week on broadcast television with adults 18-49 was the the second game of the NCAA double-header Sunday that spilled into […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun at 0.35, 20/20 was down 0.08 to 0.34. CBS:  SWAT lost 0.03 to 0.47, FIRE COUNTRY was down 0.03 to 0.48, and BLUE BLOODS ticked down to 0.39. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ gained 0.03 to 0.27, YOUNG ROCK held at 0.22, and DATELINE was up 0.03 to 0.31. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s annual telecast of THE 10 COMMANDMENTS was at 0.33, down 0.14 from last year.  FOX’s MLS match was at 0.14.  CW premiered WOULD I LIE TO YOU at 0.09, and MASTERS OF ILLUSION at 0.08.  In late-night, NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE was up 0.02 to 0.85.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 3 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS dominated the night at 1.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.37/0.33/0.28/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR gained 0.04 to 0.38, and WEAKEST LINK was up 0.08 to 0.38. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS ticked down to 0.31, and BEAT SHAZAM was up 0.02 to 0.33. CW:  ROSWELL, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s AAC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 0.4, and CBS’s SEC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 2.2.  In addition, the rerun of THE WALL and the 8PM rerun of THE MASKED SINGER lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

HBO’s True Blood tops the cable ratings chart again this week, although it’s down three tenths of an Adult 18-49 rating point from last week’s season premiere.  TNT’s Dallas reboot looks impressive in terms of all viewers (almost 6.9 million viewers over the age of 2 watched during an average minute), but the show’s 1.5 […]