NETWORK UPDATE:  The Oregon vs. Michigan State COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.5.  The reruns of RUNNING WILD and BULLSEYE each lost 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports (and ESPN) dominated Saturday cable, with COLLEGE FOOTBALL and various pre-and-post shows accounting for 7 of the day’s Top 10 slots.  The Oklahoma vs. Tennessee game […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Unusually, it was THE VOICE that lost 0.1 in final numbers, while BLINDSPOT kept its morning rating.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Two low-rated shows returned low.  AMC’s TURN was down 0.07 from last season’s premiere to 0.13.  Freeform’s MONICA […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The EMMY AWARDS adjusted to 2.5 in final numbers, down 0.3 from 2016 and a new low.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.1, down 2 points from last week’s final rating.  On FOX, NFL adjustment pushed THE ORVILLE down half a point to 2.2, and the rerun of THE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 2.2, and FOX’s to 0.8.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL dominated Saturday cable, led by ESPN’s primetime game at 1.24, with its other games at 0.59/0.52/0.41, and Fox Sports 1’s game at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In the battle of COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, CBS’s LSU vs. Alabama match-up was dominant by far, adjusting up 0.2 to 3.6.  ABC’s Minnesota vs. Ohio State game held at 1.2, and FOX’s Utah vs. Washington game gained 0.1 from early numbers but was still way behind at 0.4.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for NEW GIRL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was an exceptionally busy night of premieres, and the big winner was USA’s SHOOTER, which proved itself compatible with its WWE SMACKDOWN […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MIDDLE, ROSEWOOD, ARROW and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers (in other words, every 8PM show except MYSTERIES OF LAURA), but SVU went 0.1 in the other direction. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL was dominant and up 0.01 from last week to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GOTHAM gained 0.1 in final numbers, while QUANTICO and the SCORPION rerun fell 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The series finale of A&E’s BATES MOTEL rose 0.04 to 0.46, and its AFTER-SHOW was at 0.30.  In the cable news […]