For one last glorious night, Walter White truly was The One Who Knocks. AMC: Ratings for the finale of BREAKING BAD smashed through even the huge expectations. The show was watched by 10.3M people in its 9PM airing. That was almost 40% higher than last week–which was itself a series record. It was the […]
NETWORK UPDATE: The FOX PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (St. Louis vs. Tenn) adjusted to 1.7. After NFL overruns were removed, the whole CBS line-up came down, 60 MINUTES by 0.3 and BIG BROTHER as well as the reruns of MADAM SECRETARY and CSI: CYBER by 0.2 each. The HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT rerun lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]
NETWORK FINALS: The PRODIGAL SON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: The back-to-back premiere of FX’s BREEDERS was at 0.12/0.09. On AMC, BETTER CALL SAUL climbed 0.05 to 0.32, and the timeslot premiere of DISPATCHES FROM ELSEWHERE […]
NETWORK UPDATE: RISING STAR and WIPEOUT swapped 0.1s, with RISING STAR on the low end–in fact, it was ABC’s lowest-rated original show of the night. On CBS, BIG BROTHER went up even higher to 2.2, but RECKLESS was pathetic, down another 0.1 to 0.5. SUNDAY CABLE: THE STRAIN, FX’s first entry into the world […]
NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game held at 1.6, and FOX’s game rose 0.3 to 1.5. In addition, RUNNING WILD gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: COLLEGE FOOTBALL games and related programming occupied the Top 8 slots on […]
NETWORK FINALS: The night’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games adjusted as follows: 0.7 on ABC, 1.0 on CBS and 0.4 on FOX. In addition, all of NBC’s shows lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games were at […]
Any negative ratings effect due to the Olympics seems to have subsided, as the numbers were generally up for cable on Sunday night. HBO: TRUE BLOOD, of course, was in the lead, with a 2.7 rating that was up slightly from last week, and another crazytime episode that at least let us bid adieu […]
NETWORK FINALS: SHARK TANK, DATELINE and WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Discovery’s GOLD RUSH led Friday cable at 0.51/0.36/0.18, compared to last week’s 0.51/0.35/0.20. ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.33, and a PRESEASON NBA […]