NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, despite a 0.09 drop to 0.60, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST at 0.43 compared to last week’s 0.50/0.41, and the official […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BRING THE FUNNY and MYSTERIES DECODED each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up a tick to 0.63, with lead-out STRAIGHT UP STEVE AUSTIN at 0.32.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only significant adjustment (to the next tenth) was for FOX’s AMERICAN ROAD TRIP.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As will also probably be the case for Wednesday, Tuesday cable was dominated by news, here on the Georgia runoffs.  CNN’s […]

>AMC’s Walking Dead is the new king of the weekly cable ratings chart, with a terrific 4.2 Adult 18-49 rating for Sunday’s season premiere.  Read more on the Walking Dead premiere here.  The rest of the top-rated cable programs are pretty much unchanged.  While Jersey Shore continues its downward trend, the other MTV hit, Teen […]

> According to TV By the Numbers, the season premiere of TRUE BLOOD on Sunday night had 5.4 million viewers (a virtual tie with its all-time high) and a 3.0 rating in 18-49s (slightly below its previous high).  Considering that HBO repeats its shows nonstop through the week and on VOD (a million extra viewers […]

        NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a […]

> Although cable networks have become much more aggressive with their in-season scripted programming in recent years (Sunday nights this season are at least as much about cable shows as they are broadcast), summer is still when those networks really come out and play.  Today TNT announced the premiere dates for its very busy summer […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE dropped 0.13 to 0.91, and ULTIMATE SURFER was down 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  Reruns at 0.23-0.37. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR climbed 0.09 to 0.54, and THE WALL was up 0.02 to 0.42. FOX:  HELL’S KITCHEN edged up 0.02 to 0.64.  It was followed by a pair of season […]