BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The broadcast share of the NFL PLAYOFFS MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL game was 2.73. CBS:  The network branded its line-up as “specials” because of the holiday.  Returning from a week of reruns, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.07 to 0.61, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA slipped 0.02 to 0.49, NCIS rose 0.07 to 0.54, and NCIS: […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of THE BACHELOR was at 0.63, steady with last week but down an ugly 0.46 from the 2022 finale (which was down 0.40 from 2021). CBS:  A YOUNG & THE RESTLESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY special was at 0.27, followed by reruns at 0.20/0.25. NBC:  THE VOICE dipped 0.04 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The post-NFL adjustment gods were kind to CBS, where 60 MINUTES rose 0.2 to 2.7, and STAR TREK: DISCOVERY went up 0.3 to 1.9; in addition, the NCIS: LA rerun gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.3, down 0.8 from last week’s game.  On ABC, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final Friday numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It’s not currently on the chart below, because of the way Adult Swim lists it, but the highest-rated cable original […]

The NBA Playoffs continue to dominate the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with two games hitting a 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 (Oklahoma City at Dallas on Thursday and the L.A. Lakers at Denver on Sunday, both on TNT and both coincidentally averaging the same number of Viewers 2+).  Five other NBA Playoff […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS adjusted up by 0.1 in final numbers, as did the season finale of THE SIMPSONS. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although it was far from the highest-rated show of the night, MAD MEN nevertheless got a fine send-off, jumping by 0.44 from last week to a 1.08 exit.  The lord of the […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR earned an extra 0.1 in final numbers, as did the season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE (and the SHARK TANK rerun that preceded it).  The NCIS: LA rerun dropped 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On the Monday before the NFL takes over ESPN’s Monday night, the network aired the season’s first COLLEGE […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.6, steady with last week’s game.  Elsewhere, BLESS THE HARTS, BOB’S BURGERS, 60 MINUTES, NCIS: LA and CARD SHARKS all gained 0.1 in final numbers.  For the curious, the zero ratings for PANDORA and THE OUTPOST were more precisely 0.03/0.03.         […]