NETWORK FINALS: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE FLASH and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, steady with last week’s 0.82, and lead-out DAMNATION was up 0.05 to 0.23. On History, […]
BROADCAST FINALS: ABC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.58. FOX’s USFL game was at 0.11. On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION was steady at 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY ticked up to 0.04. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.37. TBS’s NHL PLAYOFFS games […]
SHOWTIME: HOMELAND has flirted with 24-ness since it went on the air. It’s in the show’s DNA, given its creators’ resumes and the overlapping subject matter. This week, barring a startling reversal in the last 2 episodes of the season, it seemed to succumb. The sight of Carrie handcuffed to a pipe in an […]
NETWORK FINALS: MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of ARROW lost the same (putting the latter down to 0.1, a dismal number even for a summer rerun). Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE was at the […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday network ratings. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The NCAA TOURNAMENT Final Four games on TBS towered over the rest of TV on Saturday night, led by 3.25 for North Carolina vs. Syracuse, with 2.44 for […]
>The lack of schedule flexibility (as NBC has with its late season Sunday Night Football games) has hurt the Monday and Thursday night football franchises recently. When match-ups feature teams with little to no playoff chances, ratings drift downward (although Monday and Thursday Night Football still sit atop the weekly cable ratings chart). Discovery’s American […]
Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):
NETWORK FINALS: There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Because USA reports its WWE ratings in hour-long segments, Hour 1 took the night’s cable honors at 1.38, with the latter 2 hours at 1.31/1.26, compared to […]