>AMC’s Walking Dead and MTV’s Jersey Shore remain at the top of the cable ratings chart this week, although both are down a few tenths from last week.  Nevertheless, each program remains the top-rated program with young adults in their respective time periods, beating all broadcast and cable competition.  Sunday at 9:00: #1 Walking Dead […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 9.4.  Elsewhere, the rerun of LETHAL WEAPON was adjusted to reflect the afternoon NFL overrun, and fell 0.4 to 1.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL coverage had the Top 2 slots […]

          NETWORK FINALS:  THE FACES OF FAMILY SEPARATION and the SWAT rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As expected, Saturday TV was dominated by ESPN’s pair of CFP SEMIFINAL games at 5.56 (with simulcasts on ESPN2 at 0.13 […]

Presidential Election coverage on the combined seven major networks (the four broadcast networks plus CNN, Fox News Channel and MNSBC) averaged just over 61 million people (two years or older) in an average minute of prime time between 8 and 11 pm ET Tuesday 11.8.2016, above the incumbent re-election years of 2004 and 2012 (each under […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant increases (to the next tenth) for THIS IS US, SUPERMAN & LOIS, SOUL OF A NATION and the reruns of FBI and MIXED-ISH.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND lost 0.03 to 0.52, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Things got even worse for ABC’s SOMEWHERE BETWEEN in final numbers, as it fell 0.1 to a flat-out awful 0.5 premiere.  The rerun of LIFE IN PIECES also lost 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 stayed on top […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for CBS’s local simulcasts of SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, its numbers went way down from early ratings, by 0.4 to 0.5 for its HAWAII 5-0 rerun and by half a point to 0.6 for 48 HOURS.  In addition, the reruns on FOX of BONES and SLEEPY HOLLOW each dropped 0.1.  […]

      NOTE TO READERS:  Beginning with the Monday cable post this afternoon, and for the rest of the week, charts will be posted as usual, but text (and responses to Comments) will be much delayed if they appear at all, due to our Sundance coverage. NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 1.2.  […]