NETWORK FINALS:  Game 1 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 4.8, down 1.5 from 2018’s Game 1.  In addition, PARADISE HOTEL and the rerun THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while IN THE DARK lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.38/0.30/0.30. CBS:  Reruns at 0.27/0.24/0.23. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.07 to 0.74, and PASSWORD premiered at 0.48. FOX:  Reruns at 0.17/0.15. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.04. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP was at 0.29, AMOR VALIENTE lost 0.03 to 0.20, and INFIEL ticked down to 0.22. UNIVISION:  MEXICANA Y EL […]

  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Even on a night without an NBA Playoffs game, sports was king on Saturday.  FOX Sports 1’s NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE was at 0.82, and the various segments of HBO’s BOXING were at 0.59-0.26.  HBO preceded boxing with its original movie BESSIE at 0.40.  On Adult Swim, KILL LA KILL rose a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the CHADWICK BOSEMAN TRIBUTE special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while LOVE ISLAND and the reruns of LAST MAN STANDING and DUNCANVILLE lost the same.  In addition, CW posted an MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS RECAP special at 0.1.         Broadcast Official […]

  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): NOTE:  Due to Nielsen’s sometimes arcane coding of special programming, the chart below will need to be revised, as several of TNT’s NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND shows, which were actually among the top-rated telecasts of the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE ORIGINALS and DATELINE lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Basketball was at the top of Friday cable.  On the pro side, ESPN had the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s numbers were slightly shuffled in final numbers, with AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gaining 0.1 at the expense of TAXI BROOKLYN.  The MODERN FAMILY rerun gained 0.1, but the ARROW rerun lost the same. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  The best that can be said for THE DIVIDE (WE) is that it stayed steady from its […]

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun at 0.28, 20/20 was at 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.180.18 NBC:  US OPEN coverage was at 0.40. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.07 to 0.67. CW: After reruns at 0.06/0.07, GREAT AMERICAN JOKE OFF was up 0.02 to 0.05. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP jumped a tenth to 0.23, BETTY EN […]