Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the second Sunday of March Madness (the Regional Finals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages, and two games have been added to the TBS average. CBS is now averaging almost 6.9 million viewers 2+ for the tournament to date this year, up a […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE and THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but BLACK-ISH and NASHVILLE fell the same.     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was all sports at the top of Wednesday cable.  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS were dominant, with the clinching Golden State vs. Portland […]

Broadcast television quickly returned to normal the week ending Sunday night, the first full week after the Summer Olympics. FOX won the quiet week of August 13-19 with a preliminary 1.65 Adult 18-49 rating. Once again, the Gordon Ramsay reality shows paced FOX’s win, but the network was down 9% from the same week last […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s COLLEGE BOWL games were again in control of Tuesday cable, with games at 1.93/1.41/1.05.  MOONSHINERS (Discovery) was at a steady 0.83, and a […]

>UPDATED NUMBERS FOR NBC THROUGHOUT.   FOX had the late Divisional playoff game (that goes until about 8 pm) this year and took full advantage of it, successfully previewing new comedy Napoleon Dynamite twice.  NBC will be in second place on the night because of the Golden Globe awards.  The 3.6 rating noted below in the […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for MONDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL preemptions, DANCING WITH THE STARS and THE GOOD DOCTOR both dropped 0.2, and the reruns of ALL AMERICAN and BLACK LIGHTNING were both down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s HIS DARK MATERIALS […]

        NETWORK FINALS: Lots of football-related adjustments in final numbers.  On CBS, the reruns of KEVIN CAN WAIT, LIFE IN PIECES and MOM dropped 0.2, and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SCORPION were down 0.1.  ABC’s TO TELL THE TRUTH lost 0.1.  NBC’s MIDNIGHT, TEXAS was also down 0.1. […]

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 6.3 in final numbers, down 0.7 from last week’s final (which was down 1.4 from the final before that).  There was no change to the 3.5 for the AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, and no adjustments anywhere else. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]