BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a news special at 0.38 and a rerun at 0.28, 20/20 was steady at 0.23. CBS:  A news special at 0.21 was followed by GREATEST @HOME VIDEOS at 0.21 and reruns at 0.11/0.12. NBC:  A rerun at 0.17 was followed by DATELINE at 0.29. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN jumped 0.21 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DECEPTION fell 0.1 in final numbers, while AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and both the new and rerun episodes of BOB’S BURGERS gained the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD stabilized from last week’s free-fall, down 0.06 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from this morning’s numbers was a 0.1 bump for BIG BROTHER. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated with its coverage of the NBA DRAFT, scoring 1.53 for the draft telecast itself (all nearly 5 hours of it–we don’t have an hour-by-hour breakdown), 1.01 for the pre-show, and 0.71 for the post show SPORTSCENTER.  […]

  Cable ratings will be fragmentary until tomorrow, but here are some numbers worth noting: MAD MEN‘s Season 6 finale was, despite some viewers’ misgivings about this season, the show’s highest-rated finale ever, with 2.7M total viewers.  (AMC didn’t release 18-49 numbers, but Mad Men has always skewed old.)  That was 200,000 more viewers than […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a big night for USA’s WWE telecast, which was at 0.70/0.69/0.65 compared to last week’s 0.54/0.51/0.50, followed by MIZ & MRS […]

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

  NETWORK UPDATE:  2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY each rose 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Round 2 of the NBA PLAYOFFS was on TNT, and they were the top 2 shows of the night at 1.93/1.80.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA lost 0.23 to 1.41, and an AFTERPARTY lead-out was at 0.98, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 pulled ahead of its leadout, up 0.04 to 0.68, while GREY’S ANATOMY dropped 0.09 to 0.61.  BIG SKY was down 0.04 to 0.30. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON gained 0.04 to 0.73, UNITED STATES OF AL rose 0.06 to 0.79, GHOSTS was steady at 0.55, and B POSITIVE was up 0.07 […]