NETWORK FINALS:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and THE WALL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the SUPERIOR DONUTS rerun and both SUPERNATURAL reruns fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA DRAFT has definitely become an event, which […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Note that 20/20 is missing from the final nationals because it aired a special broadcast about the Paris attacks that didn’t include any commercials, and thus wasn’t covered by Nielsen.  (The same wasn’t true of the night’s DATELINE.)  Elsewhere, THE AMAZING RACE and WORLD’S FUNNIEST each lost 0.1 in finals. Broadcast Official […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT and REIGN both fell 0.1 in final numbers, putting REIGN at a particularly ugly 0.2.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT held the night’s reins with its pair of NBA PLAYOFFS games, Golden State vs. Portland at 2.56 and Toronto vs. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage actually dropped 0.1 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the HAWAII 5-0 rerun gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBA ALL-STAR weekend began on ESPN, where a special topped Friday cable at 0.79 (TOP RANK BOXING picked up […]

  It was a good night for both broadcast and cable last night. With the benefit of a huge football overrun that lasted until the very last moment before the awards were set to begin, the EMMY AWARDS had a 4.9 rating in 18-49s, more than a full point higher than last year’s 3.8 in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season premiere of 20/20: IN AN INSTANT lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Showtime ran a “sneak preview” of I’M DYING UP HERE with little publicity and earned a rating of 0.03/102K. Sports occupied the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL special gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the Michigan vs. Florida State ORANGE BOWL dominated Friday cable at 3.36, and other COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games included Nebraska vs. Tennessee […]

    BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP dipped 0.04 from Thursday to 0.56, and 20/20 was up 0.07 to 0.50. CBS:  BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION was at 0.42, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC:  The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 59% from the parallel night in 2018. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN […]