BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of reruns at 0.46/0.39 for holiday specials, 0.28/0.21 for sitcoms, and 0.17 for THE CHASE. CBS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.04 to 0.91, TOUGH AS NAILS was steady at 0.38, and the season finale of CSI: VEGAS was down 0.02 to 0.37. NBC:  The CHICAGO shows aired fresh episodes for the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.83.  FOX’s USFL game was at 0.16.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION gained 0.02 to 0.06, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was at 0.06 compared to last week’s 0.04/0.04.  In late night, NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE edged up 0.02 to 0.67.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS dropped 0.06 to 0.41, CELEBRITY JEOPARDY jumped 0.11 to 0.49, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was up 0.04 to 0.40, and a MICHELLE OBAMA INTERVIEW special was at 0.26. CBS:  Compared to their last time slot airings when the network didn’t have the late national NFL game, 60 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Monday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN and its COLLEGE FOOTBALL games owned New Year’s Day, with the Georgia vs. Oklahoma game at 7.55, and Alabama vs. Clemson at 6.32, both […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime network finals had ABC at 1.6 (down from 2.5/2.7 in 2016, when the network split up its night for ratings purposes), CBS at 1.1 (down from 2.4), NBC at 1.7 (down from 4.0), and FOX at 1.0 (compared to 1.2/0.5).         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week (4/17-19), our afternoon cable posts, which usually go up around 1:30PM PDT, will likely be posted around 5PM PDT, with text to follow.   NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS game and the rerun of MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE CROSSING lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS Game 7 was mammoth at 5.69, which gave […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 0.83/1.08.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT and related programming occupied the Top 21 slots on Saturday cable, with TBS games at 0.95/0.78/0.61/0.55, TNT at 0.59/0.51/0.31/0.30, and Tru at 0.55/0.51/0.33.  […]