AMC:  World Series, no World Series, THE WALKING DEAD really doesn’t care.  It was again the highest-rated show in all of primetime last week, network or cable, with a giant 6.8 rating–and that doesn’t count the additional 1.2 for the 11PM rerun.  TALKING DEAD was the second-highest cable show of the night with 2.3, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  News specials about the death of Queen Elizabeth were at 0.36/0.33. CBS:  After reruns at 0.34/0.32, BIG BROTHER was down 0.09 to 0.67. NBC:  The official NFL season began with THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL at 5.86.  That was down 1.71 from last year’s kick-off game, but still a mammoth number for linear […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  note that unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to November 18, due to Thanksgiving. ABC:  A special 20/20 featuring an ALEC BALDWIN INTERVIEW was at 0.45, and GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT ended at 0.26. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON dropped 0.09 to 0.64, UNITED STATES OF AL dipped 0.03 to 0.46, GHOSTS held at 0.55, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LITTLE BIG SHOTS and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GENIUS JR and the 8:30PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s not exactly breaking news at this point that AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.50, down 0.21 from last week (which had an NBA Playoffs boost) and down a tenth from 2021.  The season finale of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.76, up a tenth from last week and down 0.12 from last season. CBS:  The […]

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  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.20/0.17. CBS:  Reruns at 0.31/0.23/0.19. NBC:  NIGHT COURT rose 0.09 to 0.55, and AMERICAN AUTO gained 0.06 to 0.36.  The Tuesday season premiere of THE VOICE was at 0.50, down 0.23 from the September Tuesday premiere.  The season premiere of THAT’S MY JAM was at 0.42. FOX:  9-1-1: LONE […]

  TRUE DETECTIVE, despite major competition from the Golden Globes and the season premiere of Shameless on Showtime, had a solid start in the ratings for HBO on Sunday.  Preliminary numbers have it at 2.3M total viewers for its 9PM airing, with another 1M at 11PM.  The 9PM rating is a bit higher than the […]