NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, up 0.03 to 0.70, with the lead-in clip show at 0.30.  Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows:   DRAGON BALL at 0.41 and […]

Official ratings for Thursday came down to a combined 3.6 adult 18-49 rating for the five over-the-air broadcast networks last night from a very misleading 6.7 rating in the fast nationals, which were inflated by many local pre-emptions for the final night of NFL preseason games.  CBS declined 0.9 rating point from the fast nationals […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS gained 0.06 to 0.48, THE GOLDBERGS grew by 0.07 to 0.37, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY rose 0.06 to 0.49, and NOT DEAD YET was up 0.06 to 0.31.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was up 0.05 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.05 to 0.74, LINGO climbed 0.06 to 0.32, and TRUE LIES […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday May 27, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  Two pieces of diametrically opposed counterprogramming did just fine against last night’s WINTER OLYMPICS Closing Ceremony. THE WALKING DEAD easily beat the Olympics in 18-49s for the 3rd week in a row with a 6.6 rating, down 0.2 from last week.  It also had 13.1M total viewers (down 200K from last week).  That doubled […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.41.  AMERICAN IDOL crashed by three-tenths to 0.65.  A STEP INTO THE MOVIES special was at 0.34. CBS:  With a big NCAA TOURNAMENT lead-in, 60 MINUTES jumped 0.31 to 1.04.  THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.65, NCIS: LA rose 0.09 to 0.53, and […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE PROPOSAL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:   The limited docuseries REST IN POWER premiered at 0.25 on BET, and 0.20 on Paramount.  On AMC, DIETLAND’s season finale rose 0.02 to 0.09, and the UNAPOLOGETIC finale […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CASTAWAYS and the NBC Fall Preview promo special lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s MAYANS MC fell 0.27 from last week’s huge premiere, but at 0.78 it was still the Tuesday cable leader.  On USA, […]