Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As usual on fall Saturdays, cable was dominated by ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage, which took up 5 of the Top 10 slots, ranting from 0.41-1.59.  Its reign was interrupted in the #5 slot by […]

  Ratings in key demos or the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Sports occupied the top 7 slots on Saturday cable, mostly various pieces of ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage, which ranged from 0.61-1.52, interrupted by TBS’s airing of the AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS at 1.05.  After […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.7.  In addition, the reruns of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA, THE VOICE, DATELINE and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another Saturday dominated by COLLEGE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS news special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News occupied the Top 30 slots on our chart, and CNN was again in the lead, peaking […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.42/0.24/0.21/0.18. CBS:  The KENNEDY CENTER HONORS were at 0.45, up 0.04 from last year’s edition.  THE GIFT followed at 0.21. NBC:  THE WHEEL was down 0.02 from last Wednesday to 0.26, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.23. FOX:  A COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game at 0.93. CW:  Reruns at 0.06/0.07/0.08. TELEMUNDO:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were multiple news-driven adjustments in final numbers.  On CBS, SURVIVOR gained 0.1 and SEAL TEAM was down the same.  On NBC, the CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD reruns both lost 0.1.  FOX’s LEGO MASTERS dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 in final numbers (putting the show at 0.7, probably a new low), and the CBS DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Night 2 of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION had CNN […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did COOPER BARRETT and the 7PM rerun of THE SIMPSONS.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE–with the exception of Showtime and Food Network, virtually every cable network aired reruns last week against the Super Bowl, so comparisons […]