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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/8/13

Posted May 9, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  The biggest reality shows on network television went head to head to head last night. NBC:  The Peacock threw a special results episode of THE VOICE against American Idol and Survivor last night, and the result was no clear winner.  The Voice tied with Survivor in the 8-8:30PM half-hour, then pulled ahead at 8:30 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.23.2015

Posted April 24, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BLACKLIST managed to climb out of its lowest rating ever status with a 0.1 increase in final numbers.  Also up 0.1:  THE BIG BANG THEORY. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT once again led cable on Thursday with its NBA PLAYOFFS coverage, featuring the Golden State/New Orleans game on top at 1.77, and the Boston/Cleveland game […]

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THE SKED: Happy SMASHday!

Posted February 6, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> As we know from the final ratings, last night went as well for NBC as it possibly could have, with the Giants/Patriot Super Bowl (yay, Giants!) becoming the most watched broadcast in television history, boasting an audience of over 111 million people, while the post-game season premiere of THE VOICE was watched by more […]

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Midseason Pilots

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Bad Teacher”

Posted April 24, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  BAD TEACHER:  Thursday 9:30PM on CBS – Change the Channel There’s rarely much point in transforming an R-rated movie comedy into a broadcast network TV series, especially if the appeal of the movie came largely from its shock value.  (And especially if the network is CBS.)  Bad Teacher was hardly a masterpiece of cinema, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.15.2018

Posted July 16, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

  Regular line-ups were largely steady. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.21.2017

Posted August 22, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  There were a multitude of disruptions to preliminary ratings last night, including NFL preemptions on ABC in NY and NBC in Cleveland, as well as a Presidential address.  Given all the expected adjustments, we’ll hold our ratings analysis for this afternoon’s final numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.8.2017

Posted July 9, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  The burn-off fire grew larger, but not brighter. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis follows […]

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Behind the Friday Box Office – 2/28/14

Posted March 1, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  NON-STOP (Universal) had the Friday lead with $10M, but that doesn’t mean it’ll take the weekend.  In any case, Universal’s investment will pay off handsomely–it covered only $12M of the budget for US rights (plus marketing costs in its territory, of course), and a likely weekend in the high $20Ms should mean US […]

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