> Here’s some welcome if unsurprising news:  F/X has renewed JUSTIFIED for a 4th season.  The show, now at the midpoint of Season 3 (the finale airs April 10) drew a 0.9 last week in 18-49s, which isn’t Walking Dead crazy high, but is still a very solid number for a scripted cable series (outscoring […]

      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: Sunday July 18, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  Despite the fact that star/co-creator Danny McBride had talked about the 2012 season of EASTBOUND & DOWN as being (voluntarily) its last, and the season’s conclusion seeming to end the show’s story in a fairly satisfying way… like its antihero Kenny Powers, it’s ready for a comeback.  Vulture reports that a new 8-episode season […]

      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: Wednesday July 7, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  AMC has renewed its building-the-railroad melodrama HELL ON WHEELS for a 10-episode 3rd season.  The renewal was far from a sure thing, as the show has indifferent ratings among 18-49s (the recent season finale was at 0.5, which was around where the series usually landed where it didn’t have a strong lead-in), but it […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game dominated the night at 2.39, while Fox’s game was at 0.90.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was COLLEGE FOOTBALL at the top again, with ESPN’s COLLEGE GAME DAY at 0.55 and the network’s games at 0.52/0.33/0.23.  Adult Swim’s line-up […]

  Starz has been exceptionally tolerant of ratings that other networks might find discouraging, and without even waiting to see how DA VINCI’S DEMONS will perform without a Spartacus lead-in, the network has already ordered a Season 2.  This is in keeping with renewals for Boss and Magic City after slow starts; the former didn’t […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS was steady at 0.72, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked up to 0.42. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.62, I HEART ABISHOLA dropped 0.07 to 0.52, NCIS fell 0.07 to 0.64, and NCIS:  HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE was steady at 0.96, and […]