NETWORK FINALS:  DECEPTION fell 0.1 in final numbers, while AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR and both the new and rerun episodes of BOB’S BURGERS gained the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD stabilized from last week’s free-fall, down 0.06 to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE OSCARS adjusted to 6.8, a historic low and down 25% from 2017.  On FOX, the scheduled Billy Graham memorial special appears to have been preempted in most of the country by the overrun of a NASCAR race.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS Closing Ceremony got a big 0.6 bump in final numbers, while the preceding OLYMPIC GOLD special lost 0.3 and the AP BIO preview gained the same.  In addition, due to a NASCAR overrun, only a few minutes of the BROOKLYN NINE-NINE rerun ran across the country. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS adjusted up by 0.2.  Elsewhere, the BROOKLYN NINE-NINE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA ALL-STAR GAME predictably took the night with 2.76, up 0.13 from 2016 (which faced THE WALKING […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted to 5.4.  In addition, 60 MINUTES gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s HERE AND NOW had an unpromising premiere at 0.20 (particularly bad because it had a 0.60 lead-in from another […]