NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminaries in final numbers for Friday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games were firmly in control of a truncated schedule of Friday cable with 3 games in the day’s Top 5: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Once again, local NFL PRESEASON games shook up the preliminary ratings.  Since the night was mostly reruns, there’s no need for detailed analysis.  Here’s the summary:  there were 0.2 drops for BH90210, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, and 0.1 drops for AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.04 to 0.80.  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND jumped 0.15 to 0.73, and HUNTING HITLER was up 0.08 to 0.40.  NBC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.12 from last week’s Election Night airing to 0.80, and PURE COUNTRY premiered at 0.23.  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND returned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 0.9/1.2, down from last year’s 1.7/1.4.  Elsewhere, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Thursday cable was naturally dominated by the NCAA TOURNAMENT, which took up 10 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LEGENDS OF TOMORROW and the rerun BULL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were at 1.21/1.02.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.90/0.79/0.75, compared to last week’s 0.93/0.92/0.87.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP […]

  But first: NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and FOOD FIGHTERS exchanged 0.1s in final numbers, with AGT gaining the additional tenth at FOOD FIGHTERS’ expense. Below is our Top 25 chart of last night’s original cable telecasts (the #25 title on this list was the 80th-most watched cable telecast of the day), with various […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NEW GIRL season premiere and DANCING WITH THE STARS each gained 0.1 in final numbers. TUESDAY CABLE:  Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Tuesday (plus a few other noteworthy programs) in key demos are below: SONS OF ANARCHY (FX) was off last week’s blistering 3.19 season premiere pace, falling […]