NETWORK FINALS:  All of Easter Sunday’s low numbers stayed in place, except that 60 MINUTES gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD moved toward next week’s season finale with a 5.83, down 0.21 from last week, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WHEN WE RISE fell another 0.1 in final numbers, putting it at 0.4 and ignominiously even below the documentary hour that preceded it.  The LIFE IN PIECES rerun also dropped 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.6, down 1.2 from last week’s game. In addition, LIFE IN PIECES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE  HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s slice of THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was down 0.28 from last week to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP gained 0.1 in final numbers. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS (OWN) and THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) were the highest-rated cable originals of the night at 1.0, steady for both.  RIZZOLI & ISLES (TNT) was down from that level last week to 0.86, while PERCEPTION held at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.94, up from last week’s final 4.3.  There were meaningful upward adjustments (i.e., changing the tenth of the original rating) for THE MASKED DANCER, the rerun of NCIS: LA, the 8PM rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and both reruns of SUPERMARKET SWEEP.   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 2.3.  In addition, the primetime SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Saturday cable, up 0.07 to 0.67.  Note that the programs listed […]

  SHOWTIME:  The season finale of HOMELAND climbed by 300K total viewers and 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 2.4M/0.9.   The MASTERS OF SEX finale was more subdued, holding even at 1.2M total viewers but declining 0.4 in the demo to 0.4. USA:  The 2-hour PSYCH musical special did nicely, above its most recent regular episode […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The IHEARTRADIO MUSIC FESTIVAL special gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the Michigan vs. Florida State ORANGE BOWL dominated Friday cable at 3.36, and other COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games included Nebraska vs. Tennessee […]