>An interesting week on cable.  MTV’s Jersey Shore rocketed to a 4.3 18-49 rating in its season premiere, with a repeat of the same episode immediately following registering an impressive 1.8 rating.  A Friday program made our list this week (Disney Channel’s premiere of a Phineas & Ferb animated movie).  The 1.3 rating with young […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After the special THE MAGIC MAKER at 0.18, reruns at 0.24/0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 1.57 (boosted by an NFL lead-in)/0.92/0.62/0.41 NBC:  The primetime NFL game was at 5.66, below the 6.1 for the primetime holiday game in 2019. FOX:  The chart has been corrected with the MLS SEMIFINAL game ratings added […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, down 0.17 from its last regular airing on June 21.  Nickelodeon’s SPONGEBOB was at 0.37 (plus a simulcast on TeenNick […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ULTIMATE TAG and the rerun MASTERCHEF lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again at the top of cable, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.60/0.84/2.8M, Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.52/0.81/4.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

> HBO has just announced the abrupt end of production on LUCK, which will not be back for the ordered second season.  The announced cause of the cancellation is the recent death of a horse involved with the show, the 3d horse to die in the course of Luck‘s production.  A veterinarian’s statement didn’t suggest […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND topped Tuesday cable, down 0.02 to 0.74, with the pre-show half-hour down 0.09 to 0.27, and lead-out BROTHERS IN ARMS down a […]

      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: Saturday January 23, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of NCIS and BULL each gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the season finale of THE MIDDLE lost 0.1.  Notably, the fact that THE FLASH didn’t rise from prelims put it officially at a series low.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]