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: Friday July 2, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game gained 0.1 in final numbers, while NBC’s NHL game lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL day was dominated by North Carolina vs. Duke at 1.08, and then included games at 0.37/0.35/0.32/0.26.  A&E’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 in final numbers, while the 9PM MARLON, SALVATION, and the reruns of SVU and SPEECHLESS lost the same.  MASTERCHEF was rated as 2 separate episodes at 1.0/1.1.  As we noted this morning, the CW reruns had been suspiciously high (presumably due to sports preemption), and […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MY DIET IS BETTER THAN YOURS is certainly effective at losing weight, down 0.1 in final numbers to a skeletal 0.6.  THE BLACKLIST, however, gained 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The primetime part of TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Thursday cable with 0.84 for the Clippers vs. […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING and the LETHAL WEAPON and EMPIRE reruns gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME special and the MODERN FAMILY rerun lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a low-rated Thanksgiving […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted up 0.3 in final numbers.  In addition, the SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.71/0.40, compared to last week’s 0.74/0.48.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE OSCARS saw a moderate boost from 2022, up 0.27 (7%) in 18-49s to 4.03, and up 2.15M (13%) in total viewers to 18.76M.  Although that’s still far below the 5.3/23.59M of 2020, it was still encouraging in the context of other awards shows heading steadily downward. CBS:  After a 60 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only network affected by final numbers was CBS, but to such an extent that local preemptions may have been involved:  the OPRAH WINFREY SPECIAL fell 0.3, the first half of 48 HOURS also dropped 0.3, and the 2d half plunged 0.4.         Broadcast Official Nationals […]