NETWORK UPDATE:  DANCING WITH THE STARS gained 0.1 in final numbers, and so did the 2d hour of THE FOLLOWING.  There were no adjustments for THE VOICE or any of the season finales. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader led the night with the late game at 2.13, the earlier game a few slots behind […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:   The MODERN FAMILY season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers, still leaving it way behind last week and last season’s finale.  Also up 0.1:  the SURVIVOR finale and after-show.  In addition, note that the adjusted 18-49 number for the LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN finale was 3.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports led the way […]

    Anyone watching network television last night needs to get an HBO subscription and find AMC on their channel guides, because there were stunning episodes of Mad Men and Game of Thrones on hand, even by those series’ remarkable standards (as well as the best-so-far half-hours of Girls and Veep).  But yes, test patterns […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY ticked down to 0.36, THE CHASE dropped 0.08 to 0.27, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE ws down 0.04 to 0.18. CBS:  FBI dipped 0.03 to 0.56, FBI: INTERNATIONAL gained 0.03 to 0.54, and FBI: MOST WANTED ticked up to 0.48. NBC:  YOUNG ROCK lost 0.03 to 0.35, and what […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER finale, the preceding clip-show hour and THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE  dropped 0.06 to 0.45.  On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY was steady […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun FBI lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a low-rated cable night, ID was unusually at the top with BRITTANY MURPHY: AN ID MYSTERY at 0.35, and […]

> Welcome to April:  pilots are being produced and prepared for executive screenings, all but a very few of the 2011/12 series have aired, and we’re only 6 weeks away from the hoopla of the network Upfronts and their attendant announcement of next season’s Fall TV schedules.  Mitch Metcalf and I sat down with veteran […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Removing the MONDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcast ratings from adjusted numbers lowered both ABC and CW.  JANE THE VIRGIN dropped 0.2 from this morning’s rating, and DANCING WITH THE STARS, COUNTDOWN TO THE CMAs and THE ORIGINALS all lost 0.1.  In addition, THE VOICE gained 0.1. Ratings fin key demos or the Top 25 […]