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There was just no fuel last night in the New York Jets as the Cleveland Browns took down their conference rivals 23-3 in the second week of ESPN’s Monday Night Football. As Odell Beckham Jr. showed the Jets how it's done with an 89-yard career-long touchdown and  an eloquent one-handed grab earlier in the game, the…

Monday was a night to cut a rug, as ABC debuted its 28th season of Dancing With the Stars and Fox said goodbye to the 16th season of So You Think You Can Dance. There were many that had a lot to say about former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on the roster for this season of DWTS (mostly not-so-nice things)…

UPDATED with L+3, 1:15 PM: HGTV today revealed the Live+Three Day ratings for the premiere of its docuseries A Very Brady Renovation. The September 9 debut episode delivered a 2.1 L+3 rating among 25-54 and total viewers. The premiere also delivered a 3.91 household rating. "September 9 was a Monday night for the…

UPDATED with Sunday ratings chart: The Battle of the Birds between the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles have seen dramatic finishes in their last two faceoffs, and last night on Sunday Night Football proved no different  — except for who won. With their wings clipped by injuries, the Eagles fought hard in the…

For many, Friday night is Date Night. For NBC, Friday night was Dateline’s night, as the news show topped the 18-49 demo wars for the evening, coming in at 0.6/4 and 3.39 million viewers. Combine that with American Ninja Warrior’s strong 0.5/4 and 2.54 million for its 8-10 PM encore, and NBC breezed to the top of the…

UPDATED, 11:48 AM: The candidates will be back onstage next month in a debate hosted  by CNN and the New York Times, but now we know how Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and the rest did last night on ABC and Univision. Coming in strong in early metrics, the three-hour primetime Democratic…

The gang at BH90210 graduated from the first season of their revival on a decent note Wednesday, ticking up from last week with a preliminary 0.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 1.91 million viewers. Despite last night’s gain, the series’ numbers gradually declined from its series premiere, which started…

All was fairly calm on the TV ratings front Tuesday, with NBC dominating primetime despite America’s Got Talent slipping a tenth from last week with a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 adults demographic and a night-leading 9.39 million viewers. Comedy competition Bring the Funny in its cfollowed and held steady with a 0.7…

Mayans M.C. rode into season two strong last week with 1.4 million viewers in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.8 million total viewers in Live+3. The premiere of FX’s Sons of Anarchy spinoff from Kurt Sutter and Elgin James was the snagged the #1 spot in primetime cable programming in all key adult and men…

It’s a hot start for the ladies in a crowded daytime syndicated talk show field. NBCUniversal’s Kelly Clarkson premiered yesterday to a 1.9 household rating across primary runs in the metered markets. That marks the highest debut rating for a first run syndicated show in seven years, since September 2012 when Katie…

ABC had a good Monday night with the season finale of Grand Hotel and its reality show staple Bachelor in Paradise. The Eva Longoria-produced primetime soap saw a healthy boost as it wrapped its first season with a 0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.8 million viewers, up two tenths from last Monday’s…

Football is back in America and from the early results, it's a touchdown for the well compensated NFL and its clearly relieved broadcasting partners. Cementing a shifting trend away from years of declining ratings, the September 5 official season kickoff game was up double digits over 2018 and Sunday Night Football…