2016-17 TV Season

NIELSENWAR UPFRONTS: 2016 Fall Broadcast Grid (with CBS, ABC, FOX and NBC)

Posted May 18, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    Here are the official Fall 2016 prime time schedules for CBS, ABC, FOX and NBC.  New shows in italics.  A separate midseason grid will follow at a later date. Look for ShowBuzzDaily instant analysis of CBS’s schedule later today.  Meantime, read about the ABC, FOX and NBC schedules.                 […]

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The Sked: Saturday Ratings 5.28.2016

Posted May 29, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

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). ###

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.29.2016

Posted September 30, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  SUPERSTORE and THE GOOD PLACE both gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of THE FLASH lost the same.  On CBS, where local NFL preemptions figured in, everything was down:  both BIG BANG THEORY reruns by 0.1, the KEVIN CAN WAIT reruns by 0.2 and 0.1, and the BULL […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.28.2020

Posted September 29, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMERGENCY CALL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN didn’t have to share MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL with ABC this week, so ESPN-to-ESPN, the rating was up a huge 1.90 to 4.60, although the games were only […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.25.2018

Posted January 26, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

  NBC didn’t give GREAT NEWS much of a (seasonal?) send-off. 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 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.23.2015

Posted June 24, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did 48 HOURS.  The IZOMBIE rerun lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH gained 0.11 from last week and held the Tuesday cable crown with 0.99, with DEADLIST CATCH: THE BAIT as its 0.44 lead-in, and a SHARK WEEK SHARKTACULAR special as […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.8.2021

Posted May 11, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS VAX LIVE telecast adjusted up to the next tenth, while NBC’s DATELINE rerun dropped to the next-lowest.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT led Saturday cable at 0.23, HGTV’s ESCAPE TO THE CHATEAU gained 0.03 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 5.5-6.2018

Posted May 8, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday May 5-6, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, May 6-7, […]

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