NETWORK UPDATE:  On CBS, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers and both LIFE IN PIECES and SCORPION lost the same.  THE VOICE also gained 0.1 and CASTLE lost the same.  An additional note:  JANE THE VIRGIN just missed rounding up to a 0.5 adult 18-49 rating.  Taken out several decimal places, it came […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the JANE THE VIRGIN season finale lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game led Monday cable at 2.05, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.8.  In addition, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW gained 0.1 in final numbers, but SUPERNATURAL, THE GREAT INDOORS and THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW fell the same.   Except with respect to some programming on HGTV, Food Network and POP, all cable comparisons are to 2 weeks […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The highest-rated broadcasts of the day were CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT Round 2 games at 1.26/2.36/2.48/1.71.  ABC’s NHL game was at 0.20.  FOX’s WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC coverage was at 0.67.  On CW, the new MASTERS OF ILLUSION held at 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

      NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DYNASTY sank 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Friday cable, up 0.09 to 0.66, with the lead-in hour at 0.28.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH ticked up to 0.63, and the lead-out hour gained […]

> HBO, to no one’s surprise, has renewed both its new half-hours, VEEP and GIRLS, for 2d seasons (10 episodes each).  Neither show is a ratings blockbuster (numbers aren’t available yet for last night, but the previous week Veep had an 0.6 rating and Girls had a 0.4), but as is often the case with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 0.06 from last week’s final.  Football also affected FOX, where 9-1-1 adjusted up 0.3 to 2.6, and both reruns of FAMILY GUY and REL lost 0.1.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, and both 60 MINUTES and the NCIS: LA rerun dropped […]