NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL fell 0.25 from last week’s game to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELEMENTARY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On AMC, the season premiere of BETTER CALL SAUL was at 0.56, down 0.14 (a reasonable 20%) from 2017, but LODGE 49 had an unpromising start at 0.17. VH1’s […]

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs):

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BLUE BLOODS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of GOTHAM and ROSEWOOD each lost 0.1.  There were no adjustments for UNDATEABLE, DR. KEN or REIGN. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a big night for baseball and Disney on cable.  Without an NFL game as […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NCIS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but CHICAGO FIRE lost the same.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The big winner of the REPUBLICAN DEBATE last night was Fox Business Channel, which took 4 of the night’s Top 10 slots, led of course by the debate itself, which […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did COOPER BARRETT and the 7PM rerun of THE SIMPSONS.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NOTE–with the exception of Showtime and Food Network, virtually every cable network aired reruns last week against the Super Bowl, so comparisons […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, both DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR dropped 0.2 after football adjustment, but 2.2 for THE GOOD DOCTOR is still a great number, and unsurprisingly ABC has already given it a full-season order.  On CBS, THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, but […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and CASTAWAYS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the PALEY CENTER SALUTES THIS IS US special and the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun lost the same.  In addition, both CW reruns dropped 0.1, which might have been the result of a local sports preemption.          […]