We speculated yesterday that HBO might have carefully timed its renewal of THE NEWSROOM not to coincide with the show’s Episode 2 ratings, and we may have been right. HBO:  The Newsroom took a substantial hit from its premiere, down about 350,000 viewers (over 20%) and significantly older than it had been, with a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE fell 0.14 to 0.50, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.12 to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was down 0.08 to 0.30. CBS:  The FBI franchise found the mothership up a tick to 0.61, INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.46, and MOST WANTED up 0.13 to 0.45. NBC:  After a year off TV […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was dominant at 1.49. CBS:  The season finale of COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.02 to 0.20.  The DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS were at 0.21, down 0.02 from the 2021 ceremony. NBC:  After a rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.26, DATELINE was up 0.04 to […]

              Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Election coverage took up more than half of the Tuesday cable Top 50 chart, and perhaps the only surprise, considering how the evening went, was that CNN and not Fox News took the lead, with the 11PM ET […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart         CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.90/0.81/0.70, compared to last week’s 0.79/0.73/0.64.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP lost 0.07 to 0.68, and TI & TINY was up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted to 4.8, and ABC’s NBA game to 0.8.  In addition, the rerun of THE RESIDENT lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net’s piece of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage accounted for half […]

  ABCFamily had a big night on Tuesday with the Season 4 premiere of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, which had a 1.3 rating in 18-49s and 2.9M viewers, with even bigger numbers in the network’s target demos (4.1 in Females 12-34, 6.6 in Female Teens, 3.2 in Women 18-34 and 2.1 in Women 18-49).  The target […]

>ESPN’s coverage of the BCS National Championship for college football Monday tops the cable ratings chart for the week of January 3-9.  This year’s 8.7 rating for the title game is down from a 10.1 last year — not surprising because LSU was shut out. MTV’s Jersey Shore season premiere was the top entertainment program […]