NETWORK UPDATE:  With the help of the late NFL PLAYOFFS game, 60 MINUTES went even 0.1  higher in final numbers to 4.8, and THE GOOD WIFE was also up 0.01 to 1.4.  NBC’s DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE rose 0.2 to 2.1.  Elsewhere, FAMILY GUY gained 0.1 to 1.7. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a 3-week break, THE ROOKIE slipped 0.02 to 0.45, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.04 to 0.27, and WILL TRENT was up 0.04 to 0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 0.32/0.23/0.21. NBC:  After a rerun NIGHT COURT at 0.28, AMERICAN AUTO lost 0.03 to 0.24, THE VOICE was down 0.04 to 0.46, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY dropped 0.06 to 0.40, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY lost 0.05 to 0.49, BLACK-SH gained 0.02 to 0.34, and TO TELL THE TRUTH was up 0.07 to 0.33. CBS:  FBI was steady at 0.66, FBI: INTERNATIONAL rose 0.04 to 0.56, and FBI: MOST WANTED was up 0.04 to 0.57. NBC:  YOUNG […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 3 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted up half a point to 5.2.  Elsewhere, MACGYVER and THE VAMPIRE DIARIES each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Once again, sports and news took up most of the […]

  TNT’s much-ballyhooed launch of PERCEPTION scored very well in total audience, with a viewership of 5.6M people, holding on to 90% of its lead-in, the final season premiere of THE CLOSER.  But like The Closer, Perception skewed extremely old.  It will have around a 0.8 rating in 18-49s (slightly behind The Closer‘s 0.9), which means […]

        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 […]

  HBO:  This just in from the Department of Duh:  the season finale of TRUE BLOOD was the highest rated show on cable Sunday night, and would have been the highest rated on all of television if not for preseason football on NBC.  The finale scored a 2.8 in 18-49s, even with both last week […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 7 of THE WORLD SERIES had a healthy adjustment up to 8.2, although that was still quite a bit below 2016’s 12.6 final for Game 7.  Elsewhere, SURVIVOR, THE BLACKLIST, THE GOLDBERGS and SPEECHLESS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 10PM rerun of SEAL TEAM lost the […]