NETWORK FINALS:  The broadcast portion of MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 1.51.  In addition, there were meaningful upward adjustments (i.e., to the next tenth) for LA’S FINEST and the reruns of THE NEIGHBORHOOD and LET’S MAKE A DEAL AT NIGHT.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE PROPOSAL lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP led Monday cable, up 0.03 to 1.05.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.93/0.93/0.91, compared to last […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but EXTANT fell 0.1 to a dangerously low 0.6.  The first half-hour of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW also dropped 0.1, while LAST COMIC STANDING gained the same.  On ABC, the season finale of CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP picked up 0.1, while the rerun of THE MIDDLE lost the same.  CABLE […]

No one will ever confuse the ratings for MAD MEN with those of TRUE BLOOD, but it was the former moving in the right direction with its season finale last night.  The Season 5 finale was the show’s highest rated, with what should be around a 0.9 rating in 18-49s, and 2.7 million viewers, up […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DANCING WITH THE STARS dipped 0.1 after football adjustment, but at 0.9 it was still ahead of last week; the rerun THE GOOD DOCTOR lost 0.2 after adjustment.  In addition, BLUFF CITY LAW lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DYNASTY lost 0.1 in final numbers, returning to the 0.1 level.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games took the top slots on Friday cable with 1.15/1.04, while NBC Sports Net owned the bottom end of the Top […]

  Several networks opted not even to try and compete with Sunday’s Olympics coverage, and the effect of the games on the shows that remained was mixed. HBO:  TRUE BLOOD didn’t miss an artery, as its craziest season ever continued to roll on with a 2.6, making it the highest-rated non-Olympics programming to air on […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, as expected there were plenty of adjustments due to local NFL preemptions.  On ABC, both BATTLEBOTS and $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.2, and MATCH GAME was down 0.1.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER lost 0.1, and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY, LIFE […]