NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s AAC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 0.4, and CBS’s SEC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 2.2.  In addition, the rerun of THE WALL and the 8PM rerun of THE MASKED SINGER lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for the 9PM NCIS and FBI: MOST WANTED.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable on the day before inauguration was dominated by CNN, which held 15 of the Top 17 slots, topped […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  YOUNG SHELDON lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.88 (Golden State vs. 76ers)/0.54 (Toronto vs. Milwaukee).  TLC’s august DR PIMPLE POPPER jumped 0.12 to 0.75, and UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  The RED NOSE DAY special dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC topped Thursday cable, down 0.08 to 0.37, with TOP CHEF down 0.02 to 0.27.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Broadcast coverage of Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT adjusted to 0.47.  In addition, MAGNUM PI adjusted up to the next tenth and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS adjusted to the next tenth down (the latter presumably due to local sports preemptions).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  On the heels of last night’s jaw-dropping episode of HOMELAND, which basically played 52 pick-up with the show’s very premise, Showtime has issued an early Season 3 renewal for what is now its flagship series.  Homeland has been nothing but good for Showtime, winning the network its first major Emmys for Best Drama, Actor […]

The 2016 Democratic National Convention from Philadelphia opened with a very strong 25.8 million persons 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three main cable news channels in the 10 pm ET hour, when Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders spoke.  This audience is more than 3 million ahead of last Monday’s first night […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS had a bad night in adjustments (possibly due in part to local preemptions for College Basketball division tournaments), with BLUE BLOODS down 0.2, and both MACGYVER and HAWAII 5-0 down 0.1.  In addition, SPEECHLESS lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]