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Elizabeth Warren and CNN were both in the political spotlight with last night's latest Democratic debate on the cable newser, yet fireworks were at a minimum for the most part – and it showed. Now the frontrunner in most polls, the Massachusetts Senator took jabs and swipes from the likes of Senator Kamala Harris over…

Despite minor dips, NBC conquered Tuesday night with This Is Us and The Voice. The tear-jerking family drama created by Dan Fogelman slipped a tenth in its Live+Same Day ratings from a week ago to a night-leading 1.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic, but held strong as 6.71 million viewers tuned in for the latest…

It was blood sport all round on Sunday and not just that Pittsburgh Steelers win over the L.A. Chargers and the cable topping New York Yankees and Houston Astros game on Fox Sports 1. No, The Walking Dead and Succession both had sacrifices, new messy alliances and some telling ratings. For the AMC zombie apocalypse…

UPDATED with finals. Dancing with the Stars still managed to tick up from last week, but only by a tenth. The finals for the reality dance competition came in at a 0.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.61 million viewers while The Good Doctor was down from last week with 0.8 rating and 5.73 million viewers.…

Pittsburgh woke up to another good morning today after strong win by the Steelers yesterday in against the Los Angeles Chargers. Actually, the 24-17 a win is a bit of an understatement for most of the game when you consider the Steelers were playing in the Chargers’ house in Carson California, it was a shutout for…

The Oct. 12 edition of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Stranger Things’ David Harbour and featuring musical guest Camila Cabello, has averaged a 3.8 Live+Same Day household rating from 44 local metered markets and a 1.7 adults 18-49 rating in in the 25 markets with local people meters. That was even in 18-49 and down a…

Fox’s WWE SmackDown (1.0 adults 18-49 rating in Live+Same Day, 2.9 million viewers) was smacked down double digits from its premiere last week, which was a SmackDown 20th anniversary celebration featuring some of WWE's biggest past and present stars. Still, it won the night for the network in adults 18-40 (Live+SD)…

It took a bit of time, but the still-unbeaten New England Patriots certainly schooled the young bucks of the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football during an overall steady night on the Big 4 and the CW. In fact, three weeks into the season, the dust appears to have settled on Thursday, with very little ratings…

UPDATED with finals: Pairing Riverdale and Nancy Drew into a mystery lineup proved a good move for the CW, at least on premiere night. The Archie comics adaptation opened its fourth season with 1.18 million viewers and 0.4 adults 18-49 rating in Live+Same Day for the tribute to late cast member Luke Perry. That was…

For people involved in broadcast television, it was quite a rude awakening the morning of Premiere Tuesday when the fast nationals for the first night of the 2019-20 season came out. New series across the board were opening at Live+Same Day levels that even a year ago would have had networks sharpening the…

The CW’s Premiere Week continued Tuesday with the Season 6 premiere of flagship series The Flash, which drew a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating in Live+Same Day and 1.63 million total viewers. That was off by two tenths in the demo from the Season 5 opener last fall but on par with the season average and finale. The Flash‘s…

After two years of being without our favorite hacker Elliot, Mr. Robot returned for its fourth and final season on October 6 to a very, very lukewarm reception — almost cold. Deadline has learned that the USA drama created by Sam Esmail received a 0.13 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic for its season four…