Simply a spectacular night for cable television. AMC:  The season finale for THE WALKING DEAD had an astounding 9.1 rating in 18-49s when its 9PM, 11PM, midnight and 1AM airings are combined, and the 9PM broadcast alone scored a giant 6.4, up a full point from the previous week.  Even the TALKING DEAD post-finale […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.2, up 0.3 from last week’s game.  In addition, NCIS: LA and MADAM SECRETARY each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s movie CHRISTMAS TOWN dominated Sunday scripted at 0.59.  Adult […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from preliminary Friday ratings.  (ONCE UPON A TIME, which was initially reported as 2 separate hours, had a 0.5 rating as a 2-hour.)         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable, up 0.09 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Showtime benefited a bit from the lack of HBO competition, as RAY DONOVAN climbed 0.05 to 0.33 and ROADIES was up 0.04 to 0.11.  On AMC, PREACHER edged up […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday July 28, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM, 8:30PM and 9:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns each lost 0.1 in final numbers after adjustment for local baseball preemptions.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even SHARK WEEK couldn’t dislodge VH1 and USA from the top of Monday […]

  Remember all those people who said they’d never watch GAME OF THRONES or for that matter HBO again after the Red Wedding?  Well, they didn’t go anywhere.  Last night’s Season 3 finale had a viewership of 5.4M people, even higher than the 5.2M who tuned in for the Stark/Frey nuptials.  It was also a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE rerun dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night in Discovery’s SHARK WEEK originals:  AIR JAWS at 0.71, SHARK TANK MEETS SHARK WEEK at 0.66, SHARKCAM STAKEOUT at 0.61 (the night’s Top 3), […]