BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: STAND UP TO CANCER aired on every broadcast network, with ratings of 0.13 on ABC, 0.09 on CBS, 0.07 on NBC and 0.10 on FOX.  Otherwise, the networks aired reruns.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s PRESEASON NFL games dominated Saturday cable […]

> Here’s some welcome if unsurprising news:  F/X has renewed JUSTIFIED for a 4th season.  The show, now at the midpoint of Season 3 (the finale airs April 10) drew a 0.9 last week in 18-49s, which isn’t Walking Dead crazy high, but is still a very solid number for a scripted cable series (outscoring […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Sunday July 11, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  Despite the fact that star/co-creator Danny McBride had talked about the 2012 season of EASTBOUND & DOWN as being (voluntarily) its last, and the season’s conclusion seeming to end the show’s story in a fairly satisfying way… like its antihero Kenny Powers, it’s ready for a comeback.  Vulture reports that a new 8-episode season […]

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday June 30, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

  AMC has renewed its building-the-railroad melodrama HELL ON WHEELS for a 10-episode 3rd season.  The renewal was far from a sure thing, as the show has indifferent ratings among 18-49s (the recent season finale was at 0.5, which was around where the series usually landed where it didn’t have a strong lead-in), but it […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Reruns at 0.37/0.37. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATIONS dropped 0.07 to 0.25, and GREATEST #ATHOME VIDEOS was down 0.05 to 0.21, with a primetime SUNDAY MORNING special at 0.12. NBC:  Reruns at 0.27/0.34. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.03 to 0.62. CW:  BURDEN OF TRUTH ticked down to 0.03, and DYNASTY held at […]

  Starz has been exceptionally tolerant of ratings that other networks might find discouraging, and without even waiting to see how DA VINCI’S DEMONS will perform without a Spartacus lead-in, the network has already ordered a Season 2.  This is in keeping with renewals for Boss and Magic City after slow starts; the former didn’t […]