> GAME OF THRONES:  Sundays 9PM on HBO Bend the knee, everyone:  GAME OF THRONES is back. WHERE WE WERE:  Reeling from the decapitation of Eddard Stark, who until the loss of his head had seemed to be the stalwart hero of the entire saga.  It was sociopathic teenage King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), supposedly the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the Marvel/Disney movie SHANG-CHI & THE LEGEND OF THE 10 RINGS was at 0.28. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.26/0.18/0.16. NBC:  Reruns at 0.21/0.24/0.16. FOX:  Reruns at 0.16/0.13. CW:  After a rerun at 0.04, 100 DAYS TO INDY was up 0.03 to 0.05. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP slipped 0.03 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was bad news in the adjustments for THE VILLAGE, which dropped 0.1, and at 0.8, lost more than half its THIS IS US lead-in.  (With an extra decimal, it was 1.70 vs. 0.84.)  Elsewhere, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast […]

> GIRLS – Sundays 10:30PM on HBO – Potential DVR Alert The lion’s share of attention paid to HBO goes to its splashy, big-budget, big-name projects like Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Luck and True Blood.  But at the same time, the network has consistently produced smaller, idiosyncratic shows that are more akin to independent […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.30/0.30/0.23. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26/0.17/0.15/0.14. NBC:  US OPEN coverage at 1.06 was followed by a rerun at 0.34. FOX:  A USFL game at 0.14. CW:  Reruns at 0.02/0.05/0.05/0.02. TELEMUNDO:  Movies at 0.13/0.16. UNIVISION:  A CONCACAF match at 0.62.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s […]

>A lot of repeats on the air last night, but that will change tonight as the four-week May Sweep begins tonight, ushering in 28 nights of almost all-original programming.  American Idol wins another Wednesday for FOX, on track to round up to a 4.7 rating in the official nationals later today (still a season low […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no good news for UTOPIA in final numbers, although 2 other 8PM shows (48 HOURS and MASTERS OF ILLUSION) went up 0.1 each.  DATELINE lost 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  Technical issues kept it off the Top 25 chart below, but Syfy’s premiere of Z NATION was actually the #2 cable original of […]

>With eight nights of ratings in for the May Sweep (official ratings for April 26-May 2 and fast national ratings for May 3), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when ratings are measured locally in each of the 214 television markets across the country.  The numbers […]