NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted late yesterday, THE OSCARS adjusted to 7.7, up 0.9 from last year’s finals, and in addition, LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET adjusted to 2.6.  Elsewhere, the rerun of FBI lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

Updated weekly ranking of top cable and broadcast programs.  A broadcast network reclaimed the top spot this past week (CBS’s Saturday night telecast of the Syracuse-Michigan Final Four game), mainly because Walking Dead concluded its season last week.  Otherwise, AMC would have been atop the heap again.   There are a lot of empty spaces on this […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.9.  Elsewhere, the TROLLS HOLIDAY special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the GRAMMYS GREATEST STORIES special lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable, down 0.09 to […]

  TNT’s much-ballyhooed launch of PERCEPTION scored very well in total audience, with a viewership of 5.6M people, holding on to 90% of its lead-in, the final season premiere of THE CLOSER.  But like The Closer, Perception skewed extremely old.  It will have around a 0.8 rating in 18-49s (slightly behind The Closer‘s 0.9), which means […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Adjustments for the live telecast on NBC put DATELINE at 0.6 and the BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS at 2.4 (down 0.2 from the 2017 final rating).  In addition, both FAMILY GUY and the 9:30PM BOB’S BURGERS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As with Sunday, Nielsen has released simultaneous preliminary and final network ratings for Monday, so our analysis will appear here with the more up-to-date numbers. ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELOR was up half a point from last week to 2.7, which was down 0.2 from the 2016 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A MATTHEW PERRY INTERVIEW special was at 0.47, followed by 20/20 up a tenth to 0.38. CBS:  SWAT ticked up to 0.41, FIRE COUNTRY gained 0.02 to 0.47, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.04 to 0.41. NBC:  The season finale episodes of COLLEGE BOWL were at 0.22/0.21 compared to last week’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE ORIGINALS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD went back to listing its ratings with a single 3-hour number, and it led Friday cable at 0.53, compared to last week’s 0.30/0.29/0.28/0.24.  HBO’s REAL […]