NETWORK FINALS:  there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for the 9PM NCIS and FBI: MOST WANTED.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable on the day before inauguration was dominated by CNN, which held 15 of the Top 17 slots, topped […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Sunday is one of the few nights without any local football preemptions, so these adjustments are to the Monday preliminary numbers.  Thanks to CBS’s PGA CHAMPIONSHIP coverage as its lead-in, 60 MINUTES retained its preliminary 1.5 rating, and BIG BROTHER rose 0.1 to 2.1.  The MADAM SECRETARY rerun, however, lost 0.1 to 0.6.  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 7.5, the same rating as last year’s season premiere.  As expected, there were major adjustments at FOX, where a rerun of THE SIMPSONS fell from 3.8 to 1.1, the 8:30PM LAST MAN STANDING rerun dropped from 1.2 to 0.6, and the FAMILY GUY […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings, which meant that CW’s BEING REUBEN stayed at its 0.0 scores (for the curious, the slightly less-rounded numbers were 0.04/0.03).          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader led Friday cable […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, returning from a week off at 0.71.  On HBO, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER also returned from holiday break at 0.37, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE and MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1 in final numbers, but NASHVILLE lost its 0.1 bump.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The late game of ESPN’s NBA doubleheader (Houston vs. Dallas) took Wednesday cable honors at 0.62, with 0.41 for the early […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK was steady at 0.49, followed by a 20/20 rerun at 0.31. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME premiered at 0.20, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.19. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST gained 0.04 to 0.29, and DATELINE was up 0.07 to 0.47. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell 0.12 to 0.48. CW:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The series finale of COUNCIL OF DADS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On another cable night topped by news, Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT was at 0.34/0.58/4.2M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW was at 0.27/0.39/3.2M, and CNN’s […]