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 […]