AFTERNOON UPDATE:  SURVIVOR widened its lead over AMERICAN IDOL by 0.1, and that was the only change from this morning for the new episodes.  On ABC, reruns of THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and MODERN FAMILY all went up 0.1 (but the new MIXOLOGY didn’t), and the rerun NASHVILLE dropped 0.1. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  As we prepare […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC seems to be burning off TRANSPLANT on Saturdays, where it started at 0.12.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.33.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.62, and it had a FORMULA 1 race at 0.26 and COLLEGE SOFTBALL at 0.23/0.18/0.16.  TUDN’s […]

  Some shows said farewell to their seasons more effectively than others. ABC:  SCANDAL had its biggest season finale to date, up 0.4 from last week to 3.4 and (with Big Bang Theory in reruns) easily the highest-rated show of the night.  It towered over lead-in GREY’S ANATOMY, which fell 0.1 to 2.5 after an […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.24/0.23/0.22/0.29. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.41/0.24. NBC:  Reruns at 0.26/0.30/0.29. FOX:  MASTERCHEF held at 0.41, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE stayed at 0.28. CW:  The season finale of THE FLASH was at 0.11, steady with last week and down 0.05 from the July 2021 finale.  A new WELLINGTON […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MAYA RUDOLPH SHOW didn’t start until 10:01PM, so it went down 0.1 while THE VOICE gained that much.  In terms of the future viability of a regular Maya Rudolph series (the special was more or less a pilot for one), it’s not a good sign that the show started with a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.39, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD gained 0.06 to 0.56.  The rest of the line-up swapped timeslots, with THE $100,000 PYRAMID up 0.08 to 0.45, and THE FINAL STRAW down 0.13 to 0.26. CBS:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.38/0.20/0.20, BIG BROTHER jumped 0.15 to 0.83. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the LAST COMIC STANDING rerun gained 0.1, while the rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY dropped 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  As detailed in the newest WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post, yesterday was a relatively low-rated day for World Cup matches, and it probably didn’t […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  PRESS YOUR LUCK dipped 0.06 to 0.43, GENERATION GAP dropped 0.09 to 0.30, and THE CON was down 0.08 to 0.23. CBS:  BIG BROTHER slipped 0.03 to 0.76, sandwiched between reruns at 0.29/0.28/0.17. NBC:  Reruns at 0.20/0.22/0.19. FOX:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL at 0.82. CW:  BUMP gained 0.02 to 0.06, then after a […]