A&E’s Duck Dynasty sits atop the cable ranking of all telecasts midway through this week.  Of course, we are saving the top spot for Sunday’s Walking Dead on AMC.  Easter Sunday is one of those rare holidays that don’t really depress TV viewing — AMC should certainly run an original episode Sunday. The lists below show […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GRAND HOTEL and the reruns of BULLETPROOF and the 9:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy but not particularly high-rated […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun HOLEY MOLEY lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE led Tuesday cable, but comparing it to the first night of June’s debates is somewhat misleading, because the June telecast included NBC […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.1 to 1.6 in final numbers, and FOX’s game was also up 0.1 to 0.8.  On NBC, the SUPERSTORE rerun dropped 0.2, and DATELINE was down 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The cable […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime was led by ABC’s NBA game at 0.75, although the highest-rated programming of the day was CBS’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 1.31.  The first fresh episode of NBC’s SNL in several weeks was at 0.96.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s telecast of the HEISMAN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and LOVE ISLAND gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night for the NBA PLAYOFFS, with TNT’s coverage of Lakers vs. Houston at 2.02 and Miami vs. Milwaukee at 1.16.  […]

> When you watched the tableau of the all-dead Harmon family in the season finale of AMERICAN HORROR STORY merrily trimming the tree while a Christmas carol played in the background, did you think “Oh boy, I can’t wait to see what terrors await them next season!”  Or “How long will Violet really resist the […]

OnOn NETWORK UPDATE:  The Notre Dame COLLEGE FOOTBALL game on NBC adjusted up by 0.1 in final numbers to 1.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL took over Saturday cable, giving ESPN 8 of the day’s Top 10 shows with games or related programming.  The noon Stanford/Northwestern game took the day’s prize at 1.19.  The top-rated non-sports programming […]