FX’s new series THE AMERICANS got off to a fast start last night, with a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo for its initial airing at 10PM, and 3.2M total viewers.  (Those numbers get bumped up to 2.0 and 4.7M when late-night re-airings are added.)  The 10PM numbers were comparable to the launches of American […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MISTRESSES and the rerun THE BIG BANG THEORY both went up 0.1 from this morning’s numbers. MONDAY CABLE:  ESPN’s coverage of the All-Star HOME RUN DERBY took the night at 2.1–even the rain delay scored 1.4.  The top-rated regular programming, as usual on Mondays, was VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA, down 0.1 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Both STATION 19 and FOR THE PEOPLE dropped 0.1 in final numbers, not an auspicious start to their campaigns.             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The saga of TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER continued with a 0.15 jump to a Thursday […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes to the preliminary Wednesday ratings.  (In response to a query from this morning, the final A MILLION LITTLE THINGS number was 0.74.)         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 1.01 for Lakers vs. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The night’s primetime SNL rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT led Saturday cable at 0.33.  News took over much of the rest of the list, with CNN’s 11PM SITUATION ROOM at […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the 8:30PM rerun of BLACK-ISH was down 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Yes, SHARKNADO, which has become Syfy’s biggest yearly event, scored well, but it was far below last year’s number.  In fact, it was A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY that claimed bragging rights to the night, up 0.13 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE MASKED SINGER, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD.  Note that while NANCY DREW didn’t technically adjust (because we don’t have numbers to the thousandth), it went to 0.05, which might have rounded higher.         […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.49/0.35.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.42/0.34/0.24 compared to last week’s 0.41/0.27.  Cable news was led by the […]