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Wednesday Cable Ratings Delay (Updated with Broadcast Nationals)

Posted April 16, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Cable nationals for Wednesday 4.15.2015 are delayed by Nielsen.  They should be available early Friday morning, probably by 6:30 am PT / 9:30 am ET. UPDATE: Wednesday 4.15.2015 cable nationals are now posted. Meantime, here are the official live+same day ratings for Wednesday April 15, 2015 broadcast programs only:  

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.23.2020

Posted October 26, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted to 2.0, down 0.8 from 2019’s Game 4.  In addition, BIG BROTHER, SHARK TANK and the BLUE BLOODS rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH topped […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Scorecard): 4.24.2015

Posted April 27, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BRUCE JENNER – THE INTERVIEW held its 5.2 in final Friday numbers, although lead-in SHARK TANK gained 0.1.  As expected, CW’s numbers went down once baseball preemptions were adjusted out, with 0.1 drops for CEDRIC’S BARBER BATTLE and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, and an 0.2 drop for THE MESSENGERS, which put […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.28.2020

Posted December 29, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

NOTE: Our morning fast affiliate-based ratings for broadcast primetime will continue to be expressed with one decimal place (tenths of a rating point). Official nationals will now be shown with two decimal places (hundredths of a rating point) going forward, as shown at the bottom of the second chart below.  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.29.2017

Posted January 2, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As was the case the previous week, the Fri-Sun holiday period is going to be light on non-sports original cable programming.  ESPN’s coverage of the COTTON […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.7.2018

Posted July 10, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB regional games gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was an HBO theatrical movie premiere that topped Saturday cable, this time a bit surprisingly the largely unloved JUSTICE LEAGUE at 0.71 (two-tenths better than […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.1.2018

Posted August 2, 2018 by Mitch Salem

  No farewell bump for THE ORIGINALS. 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 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.1.2019

Posted March 4, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.89 (Lakers vs. Milwaukee)/0.55 (Portland vs. Toronto).  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 to 0.60, with the lead-in clip show at 0.31.  […]

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