Looks like NBC's second comedy experiment of the summer has paid off very nicely for the net. In its second week, The Carmichael Show saw an 18% jump among adults 18-49 for its 9 PM (1.3/4) show and an impressive 22% rise in the demo for its 9:30 PM (1.1/4) show. Not only does that almost exactly flip how Mr. Robinson…

It was "Gordon's Greatest Hits" on MasterChef (1.7.6) last night and the audience ate it up. Hitting its best result among adults 18-49 this season, the Gordon Ramsay series rose 21% in the demo from its July 2 show. While the top rated show of the night, fellow 8 PM time slotter Big Brother (1.9/8) was even with last…

Summer is truly here when the latest Big Brother (2.0/8) contestants get their house keys and that's what happened last night on the Season 17 premiere of the reality series. With 6.81 million watching, the show pulled in its best debut viewership since the 7.18 million who watched in 2012. However, the Julie…

Fox won another June Wednesday in adults 18-49 on the strength of Gordon Ramsay’s MasterChef (1.5), which held steady for a third straight week to rank again as the top program of the night. Also even with last Wednesday was MasterChef lead-out Bullseye (1.1).

The two other originals last night were both down to log ne…

It was a June gloom Wednesday last night with a few unscripted originals and a ton of scripted repeats, none coming close to cracking the 2 demo rating threshold and only two programs, CBS drama repeats, drawing more than 5 million viewers. Fox’s MasterChef (1.5 in adults 18-49, even with last week) led the way as the…

The Golden State Warriors secured a long, long desired NBA Playoffs Finals slot last night with a 104-90 win over the Houston Rockets on ESPN, but on the Big 4 it was unscripted that was heating up the opening days of summer. Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference Finals scored an almost 3-year NBA high for ESPN with a…

Heading into the debut of CBS’ Halle Berry sci-fi thriller Extant tonight and the whirlwind of the Emmy nominations announcement on Thursday, it was a quiet summer primetime on the Big 4 last night. As in previous weeks, an encore of America's Got Talent (1.7/6) was the highest-rated show of the night. Following that…

An encore America's Got Talent finished first last night among broadcast programs in every key demo. The AGT rerun (1.9/7) retained 90% of the episode’s original run on Sunday, and matched its highest rating for a repeat since May 2012.  In total viewers (7.899 million), it was AGT‘s most watched repeat in three…

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UPDATE 2:30 PM: A ton of adjustments: The Voice, NCIS, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., New Girl, Person Of Interest and The Originals were each adjusted up a tenth among adults 18-49 while About A Boy, Growing Up Fisher and Supernatural were adjusted down a tenth.

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