BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.31/0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.23/0.19/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR returned at 0.30, followed by a rerun at 0.21. FOX:  A NASCAR race in the afternoon at 0.52 was followed by primetime reruns at 0.16/0.14. CW:  Although a few legacy shows will air into the summer, the new administration took […]

> We’ll have an updated chart with specific ratings and trends up later today, but meanwhile here’s a rundown on how last night’s shows fared.  Note that both NBC and CBS will have football-related changes once the night’s final, time-zone adjusted ratings are released, and that the CBS schedule slipped by a bit more than […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 6 adjusted up to 3.5 in final numbers.  THE VOICE and MARRY ME swapped 0.1s, the former up and the latter down.  Both NCIS and PERSON OF INTEREST rose 0.1, tying the latter with CHICAGO FIRE for the 10PM lead.  THE FLASH gained back 0.1 of the morning’s loss. Ratings […]

The Independence Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Friday June 30 nationals available Wednesday July 5 at 7 am Saturday July 1 nationals (cable only) available […]

> FOX made a couple of fairly last-minute changes to its midseason plans today.  The new TOUCH, created by Tim Kring and starring Kiefer Sutherland, won’t move to Sutherland’s old 24 Monday 9PM timeslot after all; instead, starting March 22, Touch will air Thursdays at 9PM, keeping the AMERICAN IDOL lead-in it had for the […]

  The combination of the final game of the World Series and Sunday Night Football did nothing to dent the numbers on cable’s showcase night of the week. AMC:  A pivotal episode of THE WALKING DEAD, which also happened to be the series’ best episode since it first started, was naturally the night’s big winner, incredibly up […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A Monday edition of AMERICAN IDOL was up 0.08 from Sunday’s episode to 0.73, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.38. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked down to 0.63, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.09 to 0.51  NCIS ticked down to 0.55, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.06 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER, THE AMAZING RACE, CHICAGO MED and CHICAGO PD all gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Another heavy news night, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.56/0.85/4.7M, CNN’s ANDERSON COOPER 360 at 0.48/0.69/2.7M, […]