The Season 6 premiere of HBO’s TRUE BLOOD wasn’t quite as hearty as last year’s launch, with 4.5M total viewers for the initial broadcast (demo details aren’t available yet, although it should be around a 2.5 in 18-49s), compared to 5.2M last season, plus another 1.1M viewers for the 11PM rebroadcast.  That’s below last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The YOUNG SHELDON rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another news-heavy night, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.42/0.59/4.5M, MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at 0.32/0.45/3.7M, and CNN TONIGHT at 0.26/0.42/1.5M.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC rose […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT telecast adjusted to 4.0.  In addition, the 9PM hour of DATELINE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led the day, up a tick to 0.63.   Adult Swim’s line-up performed as […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  the FILTHY RICH rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL barely took the Thursday cable crown, down 0.44 from last week’s game to 1.90.  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was right behind […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY led Wednesday cable, up 0.05 to 0.47, and SUMMER HOUSE ticked down to 0.18.  It was a big night for Fox […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday June 14, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  On ABC, THE MIDDLE and MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1, but NASHVILLE lost the same.  EMPIRE, ARROW and SURVIVOR also rose 0.1 each. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL plunged 0.84 from last week’s season premiere to a still-big 2.15.  That was exactly the same drop […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 7 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 11.3 (although the mini-JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE didn’t benefit from the huge game rating, adjusting down to 1.1).  In addition, note that the 1.1 rating for FOX’s US OPEN coverage includes the entire telecast from 11AM, not just the primetime portion.  Beyond that, […]