NETWORK UPDATE:  The CW rerun of MR MAGOO’S CHRISTMAS CAROL came down 0.1, and that was it for adjustments from preliminary ratings. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): A GOLD RUSH special on Discovery held the top slot on Friday cable, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE was steady at 0.76, and CLAIM TO FAME was down 0.04 to 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.28/0.26/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR held at 0.39, and WEAKEST LINK was up 0.04 to 0.29. FOX:  After a TMZ INVESTIGATES special at 0.30, BEAT SHAZAM was at 0.32. CW:  ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO […]

HBO’s True Blood remains the highest-rated cable program with Adults 18-49 on our weekly ranking.  But watch out HBO, the most down-market, lowest common denominator, tawdry program on television (USA’s WWE Monday Night Raw wrestling) is nipping at your heels.  Fans of wrestling really turned out for the 1,000th episode of this landmark television program, hitting a 2.4 rating […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s NASCAR race adjusted up to 1.0 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season premiere of Starz’s OUTLANDER more than doubled its Season 1 finale (and also its series premiere), up an impressive two-tenths to 0.39.  Unusually, ESPN’s […]

> While Showtime’s had success with original Monday night programming like Weeds and Nurse Jackie, HBO has had a harder time when it strays from its Sunday base. (Remember when they tried moving the final season of Six Feet Under to Mondays, and then had to move it back a few weeks later?)  Last night, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS was steady at 0.72, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked up to 0.42. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.62, I HEART ABISHOLA dropped 0.07 to 0.52, NCIS fell 0.07 to 0.64, and NCIS:  HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.48. NBC:  THE VOICE was steady at 0.96, and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY special at 0.41 was followed by the season premiere of GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT at 0.40, down from 0.7 in 2020. CBS:  60 MINUTES was steady at 0.58, then ONE LAST TIME: GAGA & BENNETT was at 0.44, followed by a rerun of THE EQUALIZER at […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The MODERN FAMILY rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8PM SVU rerun lost the same.  There were probably local preemptions for CW, because the night’s reruns went from a preliminary 0.3/0.3/0.3 to 0.1/0.1/0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]