NETWORK FINALS:  Boosted by its huge NFL lead-in, THE MASKED SINGER rose by half a point to a giant 3.5 in final numbers, and I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE was up 0.2 to 1.8.  Elsewhere, there were 0.1 bumps for ABC’s OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE, TOY STORY TIME and WONDERFUL WORLD OF […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s primetime WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 1.37.  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.92.  CW’s shows were at 0.05/0.06.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s portion of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage was at 0.39/0.36/0.31/0.29/0.17/0.16/0.15/0.11/0.11.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.33/0.31/0.19/0.18, with UFC PRELIMS at 0.31.  Hallmark’s original movie […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game led primetime at 0.79.  NBC’s SNL dropped a tenth to 0.82.  On CW, GREAT CHOCOLATE SHOWDOWN premiered at 0.09, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was up 0.03 to 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.59/0.43/0.36/0.32/0.31, and TOP RANK BOXING was […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE VILLAGE and the rerun of ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, down […]

  Note:  Particularly on a night with little original programming of note like the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, the glitches in the way some networks list their “originals” start to show, which explains why HBO’s airing of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES shows up on the chart below (twice!).  As for the […]

> HBO has just announced the abrupt end of production on LUCK, which will not be back for the ordered second season.  The announced cause of the cancellation is the recent death of a horse involved with the show, the 3d horse to die in the course of Luck‘s production.  A veterinarian’s statement didn’t suggest […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NBA FINALS game adjusted to 6.3, and the pre-game JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE to 0.9.             Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA Finals didn’t hurt MTV’s JERSEY SHORE: FAMILY VACATION, up a robust 0.23 from last week to 1.21, with EX […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.3, and FOX’s game to 0.7.  Elsewhere, the NATIONAL DOG SHOW lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL game topped Saturday cable at 1.26, with earlier games […]