NETWORK FINALS:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and THE WALL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the SUPERIOR DONUTS rerun and both SUPERNATURAL reruns fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the NBA DRAFT has definitely become an event, which […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GOD FRIENDED ME lost 0.1 in final numbers.  Also, FOX as expected noted that the 7PM hour was filled by its DAYTONA 500 overrun rather than animated reruns, and the ratings for the two half-hours were adjusted to 1.6/1.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for NCIS, FBI, KENAN, and the rerun of BLACK-ISH.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND gained 0.03 to 0.55, and ASSEMBLY REQUIRED was up 0.05 to 0.22.  […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  We have another instance today of either the network or Nielsen mistakenly listing an original show as a rerun, which resulted in it being omitted from […]

        NOTE TO READERS:  Charts will continue to be posted as usual, but due to our coverage of the Toronto Film Festival, for the next week all text and responses to comments/requests will be delayed, potentially for a day or more.  Things will be back to normal on Monday, September 18.   […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY, THE BLACKLIST and AMERICAN IDOL all gained 0.1 in final numbers.  An additional note:  quarter-hour numbers for AMERICAN CRIME reveal a somewhat troubling steady decline throughout the hour:  2.3/2.1/1.9/1.8.  The drop at 10:15PM makes sense because some SCANDAL fans who tried it out would have decided to exit, […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  Note that THINK IT UP ran without commercials, and therefore did not receive a final Nielsen ratings on any of its networks.  There were no adjustments from the early numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s BRING IT took the night, down 0.03 to 0.54, and with lead-out ATLANTA PLASTIC also down 0.03 to 0.37.  On […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments for the SURVIVOR finale or anything else from this morning’s numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE took the Wednesday cable title, up 0.03 to 1.08, with lead-out MEN WOMEN WILD up 0.04 to 0.50.  ESPN’s NBA double feature […]