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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 11.21.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted November 23, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.06 to 0.53.  The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were at 1.03, steady with last year’s 1.0. CBS:  Comparisons are to November 7, since FOX had the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES lost 0.06 to 0.58, THE EQUALIZER gained 0.03 to 0.60, and NCIS: LA was steady […]

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The Sked: Baseball Postseason Schedule Update

Posted October 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>Poor TBS.  FOX’s coverage of ALCS Game 4 (Texas at Detroit) ended up going 11 innings and four hours, from a delayed start at 6:35 pm ET to 10:35 pm.  The TBS game (NLCS Game 3, Milwaukee at St Louis) started on time shortly after 8 pm, and anyone tuning in to TBS from FOX […]

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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 8.18.2018

Posted August 19, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

NFL PRESEASON. The fast nationals for all networks below are inflated by a one- or two-tenths of a rating point by NFL Preseason pre-emptions in the following major markets: ABC (Los Angeles, Houston, Nashville) CBS (Dallas, Cincinnati) NBC (Tampa) FOX (Chicago, Seattle)   DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays […]

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 7/14/13

Posted July 14, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  Despite the strong weekend, it’s a bit troubling that GROWN UPS 2 (Sony) fell 11% on Saturday (the original Grown Ups rose 2% on its 2d day), suggesting frontloading and less than great word of mouth.  That may place the studio’s estimated Sunday drop of 21% and $42.5M weekend total in doubt, but […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 12.12.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted December 14, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS aired for the first time in 2 weeks and dropped 0.14 to 0.39.  CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE slipped 0.02 to 0.36, SUPERMARKET SWEEP gained 0.05 to 0.34, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.02 to 0.28. CBS:  The network again had the late national NFL game, and 60 […]

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THE SKED: Sunday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/16/11

Posted October 17, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> On a night when the most interesting rating is likely to be on cable (the return of Walking Dead on AMC), there wasn’t much good news for any broadcast network. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME is premiering 8PM next Sunday, and the night is hardly set up for the new arrival as the network […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.28-29.2015

Posted November 30, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

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Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Rankings

Posted July 22, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). FOX wins the week with the MLB All-Star Game, while ABC falls back to a weak fourth place, way off last year’s pace which was driven by the early finale of The Bachelorette. Last year ABC was […]

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