NETWORK FINALS:  Everything on NBC (AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, both MARLON episodes, and the rerun SVU) lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the reruns of SPEECHLESS and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE dropped 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 again took Wednesday cable with […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.3, up 0.1 from last week’s final.  Other changes:  on CBS, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, and on FOX, THE SIMPSONS lost 0.3 due to afternoon football adjustment.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s FARGO returned […]

  TUESDAY TNT:  RIZZOLI & ISLES dipped a bit, down 150,000 total viewers to 5.3M and down 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 1.0, and PERCEPTION followed suit, down by just about the same margins to 3.4M total viewers and 0.7 in the demo. USA:  The numbers for SUITS and to a lesser extent COVERT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but there were 0.1 dips for THE ORIGINALS, REIGN and FOX’s run of the movie MAID IN MANHATTAN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy began its 3-night marathon of the entire season of […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (Arizona vs. Oakland) adjusted up by half a point to 2.4 in final numbers.  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, as did the 7:30PM BOB’S BURGERS rerun (which had a football overrun as its lead-in). CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was of course the behemoth of the night, falling […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  For the third consecutive night, all the broadcast networks were beaten by cable in the 10PM hour.  On Monday it was ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, on Tuesday FX won with SONS OF ANARCHY, and last night broadcast was actually in third place, behind 3.2 for DUCK DYNASTY on A&E and 3.0 for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF JR and THE FLASH each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another cable victory for the NBA PLAYOFFS, this night on TNT, with 1.33/0.91 games, while NBATV’s game was at 0.18.  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Because of the many sports preemptions on Thursday  night, our full broadcast network analysis is below. ABC:  The season finale of BOY BAND was up 0.1 to 0.6, but both BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS and the rerun of THE GONG SHOW were down 0.1 to 0.5. CBS:  BIG […]