BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK ticked up to 0.50, and 20/20 was also up a tick to 0.36. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since March 11, with UNDERCOVER BOSS down 0.07 to 0.29, MAGNUM PI down 0.03 to 0.38, and BLUE BLOODS down 0.06 to 0.40. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST slipped 0.02 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of season premieres:  HOLEY MOLEY at 0.43 (down a tenth from last year’s premiere), THE CHASE at 0.29 (down a huge 0.66 from the January 2021 premiere, when it had a big lead-in from CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE), and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE at 0.25.  CBS:  Reruns at 0.41/0.35/0.31. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CAUGHT ON CAMERA lost 0.1 in final ratings, Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): 3 of Friday’s top 4 cable slots went to ESPNs COLLEGE BOWL games, in the 0.78-0.61 range.  The other top slot also went to sports, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC aired a PARTY AT THE PALACE special at 0.29.  NBC’s TRANSPLANT dropped 0.03 to 0.09.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.24.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.05.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.64.  On ESPN, BOXING was at 0.32, and the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.24/0.20/0.17/0.21. CBS:  The season premiere of BIG BROTHER was at 0.81, down 0.27 from the 2021 premiere.  The broadcast series premiere of THE CHALLENGE was at 0.41. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.30/0.29. FOX:  Reruns at 0.25/0.18. CW:  The season premiere of MYSTERIES DECODED was at 0.04.  A new episode of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.41, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD slipped 0.02 to 0.54, THE $100,000 PYRAMID ticked up to 0.46, and THE FINAL STRAW was up 0.03 to 0.29. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was down 0.02 to 0.81.  The rest of the night was reruns at 0.37/0.20/0.20. NBC:  WHO […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  News specials about the death of Queen Elizabeth were at 0.36/0.33. CBS:  After reruns at 0.34/0.32, BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.67. NBC:  The official NFL season began with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at 5.86.  That was down 1.71 from last year’s kick-off game, but still a mammoth number for linear […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The Big 4 networks all aired primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL games, with ABC at 0.43, CBS at 1.85, NBC at 0.49, and FOX at 0.45.  NBC’s SNL was steady with last week’s premiere at 0.73.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE–currently we don’t have any cable ratings below […]