NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, ABC adjusted down once local football was removed, leaving DANCING WITH THE STARS down 0.2 to 0.09, and THE GOOD DOCTOR down 0.03 to 1.0.  In addition, MANIFEST lost 0.1 in final numbers for a new low 1.2.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

>A fairly typical summer week on cable.  Jersey Shore and True Blood land on top of the chart, while ESPN’s Monday Night Football (preseason) had a good showing.  Keeping Up with the Kardashians (featuring the taste and elegance of a wedding that only a cable reality series can muster) was up to a 2.0 rating […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only changes from the morning numbers were for reruns:  up 0.1 for NCIS: LA and down 0.1 for THE ORIGINALS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA regained the top Monday cable slot after last week’s WOMENS WORLD CUP match, up 0.05 to 1.56, with lead-outs AFTERPARTY steady at 1.07 and TI & TINY down […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 gained 0.06 to 0.62, GREY’S ANATOMY was up 0.02 to 0.63, and BIG SKY ticked up to 0.35. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON slipped 0.02 to 0.63, UNITED STATES OF AL dropped 0.06 to 0.44, GHOSTS (which just received its back order) fell 0.08 to 0.53, and B POSITIVE was down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for another baseball preemption in NY, both SUPERGIRL and IZOMBIE came down 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had the NBA PLAYOFFS game of the night at 3.06.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP slipped […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A low night, as STATION 19 dropped 0.05 to 0.56, GREY’S ANATOMY fell 0.09 to 0.55, and BIG SKY was down 0.07 to 0.26. CBS:  The line-up returned from a 2-week NCAA break, with YOUNG SHELDON down 0.04 to 0.58, UNITED STATES OF AL down 0.04 to 0.44, and GHOSTS (which […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (Arizona vs. Oakland) adjusted up by half a point to 2.4 in final numbers.  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, as did the 7:30PM BOB’S BURGERS rerun (which had a football overrun as its lead-in). CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was of course the behemoth of the night, falling […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Friday: