NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.8, and NBC’s STANLEY CUP game adjusted to 0.7  In addition, CBS’s BULL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was dominant at 1.85.  ESPN’s COLLEGE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Viacom loves its simulcasts, and Sunday’s was the BET AWARDS, which was at 1.22 on its home […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SCORPION and THE BACHELOR each gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Turner premiered FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE across several networks.  On its TBS home, it scored 0.28, but interestingly it was much higher on Adult Swim at 0.45 (stronger there in all […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s primetime NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 9.93, while as expected the adjusted rating for GREAT NORTH was down half a point.  In addition, THE ROOKIE and 60 MINUTES adjusted to the next tenth.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime network finals had ABC at 1.6 (down from 2.5/2.7 in 2016, when the network split up its night for ratings purposes), CBS at 1.1 (down from 2.4), NBC at 1.7 (down from 4.0), and FOX at 1.0 (compared to 1.2/0.5).         Broadcast Official Nationals […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of adjustments today.  THE BACHELORETTE and AMERICA’S GOT TALENT each gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did CBS’s coverage of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.  However, NBC’s Convention coverage, COUPLED, both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and ZOO all lost the same.           […]

Cable and broadcast weekly rankings.  The annual BET Awards took the #1 position for the week with adults 18-49, edging the premiere of Under the Dome for the weekly crown.

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC continued to benefit from afternoon ratings adjustments, as every show in the network’s line-up went up, MODERN FAMILY by 0.2 and THE MIDDLE, THE GOLDBERGS, BLACK-ISH and NASHVILLE each by 0.1.  On NBC, THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA gained 0.1 but CHICAGO PD lost the same amount.  That latter change allowed NASHVILLE […]