NETWORK FINALS:  Another chance to type the year’s most cumbersome title, as HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL:  THE MUSICAL:  THE SERIES gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH fell a tenth to 0.49, with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for MAGNUM PI and WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.30/0.28.  On VH1, RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE gained 0.02 to 0.26, and UNTUCKED ticked up to 0.18.  […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.04 to 0.80.  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND jumped 0.15 to 0.73, and HUNTING HITLER was up 0.08 to 0.40.  NBC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Once again, local NFL PRESEASON games shook up the preliminary ratings.  Since the night was mostly reruns, there’s no need for detailed analysis.  Here’s the summary:  there were 0.2 drops for BH90210, MASTERS OF ILLUSION and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR, and 0.1 drops for AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, FRESH OFF THE BOAT, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS’s SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL increased to 3.9 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As weird as it looks, NFL Network coded its Saturday afternoon NFL game for Nielsen purposes as “Thursday Night Football” (probably because that’s usually […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE, THE FLASH and the rerun of BLACK-ISH adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN topped Tuesday cable, down 0.02 from last week to 0.87, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST up 0.02 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN climbed 0.12 from last week’s Election Night airing to 0.80, and PURE COUNTRY premiered at 0.23.  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND returned […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 0.9/1.2, down from last year’s 1.7/1.4.  Elsewhere, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Thursday cable was naturally dominated by the NCAA TOURNAMENT, which took up 10 […]