BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The networks generally returned from their holiday breaks. AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS had aired a December 26 episode, and it was down a tenth to 0.33. The rest of the lineup hadn’t aired since December 5, and compared to that night, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE climbed 0.13 to 0.51, SUPERMARKET SWEEP […]
BROADCAST FINALS: New Year’s Day continued to be the domain of reruns on the networks. The highest-rated telecast of the day was ABC’s afternoon coverage of the CITRUS BOWL at 1.24, with the preceding ROSE PARADE at 0.93 Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games had […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS returned from a week off and gained 0.04 to 0.43. It was followed by reruns at 0.40/0.25/0.15. CBS: 60 MINUTES had the late national NFL game as lead-in, and compared to the last time it had that advantage on December 12 it was up 0.05 to 1.43. […]
BROADCAST FINALS: FOX’s NFL game (shared with NFLNetwork, whose ratings are below) owned Christmas Day at 7.74. That compared to 3.15 for last year’s broadcast game. FOX aired PBC BOXING in primetime at 0.66. ABC’s tripleheader of NBA games was at 1.52/1.64/1.57 compared to 1.82 for last year’s broadcast game. The other networks aired […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The annual run of THE SOUND OF MUSIC was at 0.37, down from last year’s 0.6. CBS: Compared to November 28, the last time the network didn’t have the late national NFL game, 60 MINUTES was up 0.12 to 0.70. The original movie CHRISTMAS TAKES FLIGHT was at 0.34, followed by […]