Last night’s midseason premiere of THE WALKING DEAD was disappointingly sluggish, uncompelling, and in its ending, downright silly.  None of that mattered at all to its hordes of fans, though.  The show returned with a gigantic 5.7 rating in 18-49s for its 9PM airing alone (against The Grammys, no less), outrating everything on network […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from an off-week, PRESS YOUR LUCK gained 0.03 to 0.46, and GENERATION GAP was down 0.06 to 0.35.  THE CON premiered at 0.23. CBS:  After reruns at 0.31/0.30, BIG BROTHER returned up 0.07 to 0.78, followed by another rerun at 0.20. NBC:  Reruns at 0.21/0.28/0.20. FOX:  Reruns at 0.24/0.12/0.10. CW:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Two of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL games adjusted in final numbers:  ABC up by 0.1 to 0.7, and FOX up by 0.2 to 1.9. NBC’s game stayed at 1.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL and related programming […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Wednesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although FX’s AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE led Wednesday cable, its 0.72 was a shadow of the 1.96 premiere for THE PEOPLE VS OJ […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The entire ABC line-up of SHARK TANK, PRESS YOUR LUCK and CARD SHARKS, as well as NBC’s DATELINE, lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.04 to 0.58.   Adult Swim’s line-up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for MONDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR both dropped 0.2, and the reruns of ALL AMERICAN and BLACK LIGHTNING were both down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s HIS DARK MATERIALS […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  THE BACHELOR was at 0.44, followed by a rerun at 0.15. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, the FBI franchise had the mothership down 0.07 to 0.45, INTERNATIONAL down 0.06 to 0.34, and MOST WANTED steady at 0.34. NBC:  NIGHT COURT fell 0.12 to 0.43, AMERICAN AUTO dropped 0.09 to 0.27, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAGNUM PI gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The official series premiere of I AM THE NIGHT was a rerun of the previous night’s “sneak peek,” so isn’t on the chart below.  Once again it was […]