NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.0 in final numbers, and FOX’s game adjusted to 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A typical fall cable Saturday, dominated by sports and late-night animation. ESPN had 3 games in the Top […]

  Ratings in key for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Lifetime’s WHITNEY movie dominated Saturday cable at 1.67, and actually the night was stronger for the network than the chart currently indicates, because a pair of post-movie documentary and music specials occupied the #2-3 slots at […]

      Check out our continuing coverage of the March Madness television ratings through Friday.   NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 1.7/3.2.  All other ratings remained as per the morning preliminaries.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Naturally the TBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games were […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST as well as the MOM rerun lost the same in final numbers.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With no NFL game this Thursday, MTV’s TEEN MOM took the night, steady at 1.00, while a lead-out special was at 0.46, and ONE BAD CHOICE, which aired at 11:30PM, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The broadcast network ratings remained unchanged from those reported on Saturday morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped Friday cable, down 0.6 from last week to 1.41.  Its lead-out ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was #2, down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.0, up 1.9 from last week’s game.  There were no other changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 1.12, up 0.46 from […]

  CBS had been riding high on the back of some special events like the NCAA Tournament and the How I Met Your Mother finale, but last week it crashed to earth, falling three-quarters of a ratings point from the previous week and into 2d place.  That left all the broadcast networks looking fairly dismal.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a pre-emption week, THE CONNERS gained 0.06 to 0.56, THE GOLDBERGS was steady at 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY dipped 0.04 to 0.46, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.07 to 0.34.  BIG SKY lost 0.03 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.02 to 0.70, and THE AMAZING RACE was up 0.03 to […]