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        NETWORK FINALS:  It was a veritable bonanza of extra tenths, as THIS IS US, THE MIDDLE, NEW GIRL, THE MICK and THE WALL all gained 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Bravo, LADIES OF LONDON dropped 0.06 to […]

> This season there are 289.7 million viewers living in 114.7 million TV households in the United States, as estimated by Nielsen.  If you believe these yearly estimates (and you must if you want to trust the ratings each morning), there are five million fewer people living in one million fewer homes than there were […]

      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: Saturday May 15, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  TRUE DETECTIVE, despite major competition from the Golden Globes and the season premiere of Shameless on Showtime, had a solid start in the ratings for HBO on Sunday.  Preliminary numbers have it at 2.3M total viewers for its 9PM airing, with another 1M at 11PM.  The 9PM rating is a bit higher than the […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The ALL-STAR GAME adjusted up to 2.2 in final numbers, but AMERICA’S GOT TALENT also adjusted up, adding 0.1 to 2.4, sealing its victory for the night.  Elsewhere, the reruns of NCIS and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS were respectively up 0.1 and down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTANT lost its slight gain from this morning, down 0.1 in final numbers, and TAXI BROOKLYN fell by 0.1 as well. Below are ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts of the day, along with a few lower-rated shows of interest.  If there are any series you’d like […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SHARK TANK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA remained at the top of Friday cable, this time on ESPN and at 0.74/0.52.  Cable news was lead by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT […]