NETWORK FINALS:  All stayed as-is from this morning’s preliminary numbers.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The delayed Monday cable numbers offered few surprises.  As usual, VH1 and USA battled at the top of the chart. On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things got worse for STILL STAR-CROSSED in final numbers, which dropped it 0.1 to an awful-even-for-summer 0.3 (more precisely 0.34).  In addition, the rerun of MOM lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of AMC’s BETTER […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The new MASTERS OF ILLUSION dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s WORLD CUP quarterfinals matches were firmly at the top of Friday cable at 1.36 for Brazil vs. Belgium, and 0.98 for Uruguay […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SNL Thanksgiving clip show and ALMOST FAMILY each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.89 (Lakers vs. New Orleans)/0.57 (Brooklyn vs Boston), preceded by COLLEGE BASKETBALL at 0.37/0.24/0.18.  MTV’s THE […]

The Independence Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday June 30 nationals available Wednesday July 5 at 7 am Saturday July 1 nationals (cable only) available […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.9/2.0/2.7.  In addition, STATION 19 fell 0.1 in final numbers, not great news for a premiere.  Elsewhere, AP BIO gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s part of NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage led Thursday […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of THE AMAZING RACE gained an extra 0.1 in final numbers, but the already-canceled THE MESSENGERS fell 0.1 to a tiny 0.2. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader ruled the night at 1.99/1.20.  Discovery’s BERING SEA GOLD was up a tick to 0.54, and UNEARTHED was down a tick […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ran without commercials, Nielsen doesn’t cover it in its final numbers for the broadcast networks.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.9, down 0.8 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS fell 0.3 to 0.9 (probably its early number was inflated by […]