Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 40: September 27-October 3, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

> Viewers continue to be uninspired by the network offerings:  with one exception, season lows were the order of the evening. CBS:  CSI benefited from a repeat SVU on NBC and no Revenge on ABC, and scored its second-best rating of the season.  Before that, though, SURVIVOR tied a season low even though this was […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  YOUNG SHELDON gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the series premiere of EVIL and the season premiere of A MILLION LITTLE THINGS lost the same.  In addition, FOX’s THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.6.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of […]

The NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, began rather quietly Tuesday night with two of “First Four” play-in games.  The 6:30 pm game last night averaged 903,000 persons 2+, somewhat below the 1 million number for the comparable games the last two years, also on TRU TV.  The demographics were also a little below normal for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  With the exception of THE MIDDLE, all of ABC’s rerun sitcoms lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did CBS’s NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun, FOX’s rerun of THE MICK, and CW’s 9PM rerun of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY.  (A note on the July 4th ratings:  all the non-FOX reruns […]

    Say goodnight, broadcast season.   FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL‘s season finale did what the show’s done all season:  win the night convincingly, but at a significantly lower level than it’s ever been before.  The final episode, currently at a preliminary 6.1, will be just around 30% below last year, and FOX will no doubt […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Although ROSEANNE stayed put, ALEX INC gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did NCIS, LETHAL WEAPON and THE FLASH, while FOR THE PEOPLE lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS were on top of Tuesday cable, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS fell 0.24 to 0.61, AMERICAN IDOL lost 0.11 to 0.95, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.13 to 0.38. CBS:  60 MINUTES rose 0.11 to 0.73, THE EQUALIZER edged up 0.02 to 0.62, NCIS: LA dropped 0.07 to 0.44, and SWAT was down 0.04 to 0.47. NBC:  After […]