NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 9.1, up 0.7 from the final number for the 2016 premiere game.  THE ORVILLE’s premiere adjusted up 0.4 to 2.7, but there’s an asterisk because Nielsen counted two plays on the west coast, one simulcast with the east after football, and the other at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were COLLEGE FOOTBALL games on 3 networks, and they adjusted as follows:  ABC to 2.5, NBC to 1.1, and FOX to 0.6.  On CBS, the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the 9PM 48 HOURS dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that SUPER SCHOOL LIVE, which aired on all the networks except CW in the 8PM hour, wasn’t rated by Nielsen in nationals because it aired without commercials.  Elsewhere, 20/20 and the reruns of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, BEAT SHAZAM and BLUE BLOODS lost 0.1 in final numbers.     […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hurricane Irma was the star of Thursday cable, with The Weather Channel owning 16 of the Top 30 slots, including all of the Top 5  (led by 0.58 for the 8PM hour), and 6 more for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and both episodes of MARLON and the 10PM MODERN FAMILY rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of FX’s SNOWFALL dropped 0.05 to 0.39.  E!’s TOTAL BELLAS returned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and the 9PM BLACK-ISH rerun as well as the reruns of THE FLASH and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

        NOTE TO READERS:  Charts will continue to be posted as usual, but due to our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival, for the next week all text and responses to comments/requests will be delayed, potentially for a day or more.  Things will be back to normal on Monday, September 18.   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The ABC FALL PREVIEW special fell 0.1 in final numbers, and the COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.1 to 1.3.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1.  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game rose 0.1 to 0.8.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With […]