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January 4, 2016
 

Ratings Delays Due to Christmas and New Year’s

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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The Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays will cause delays for daily national ratings (cable and broadcast finals) for a few weeks.  This is how the ratings should roll out over the holiday period.  We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.)

Last Week of December

  • Thursday Dec 24 nationals rescheduled to Monday Dec 28 at 1 pm (normally Friday pm)
  • Friday Dec 25 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday Dec 29 at 6 am (normally Monday pm)
  • Saturday Dec 26 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Dec 30 at 6 am (normally Tuesday am)
  • Sunday Dec 27 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Dec 30 at 6 am (normally Tuesday am)
  • Monday Dec 28 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Dec 30 at 1 pm (normally Tuesday pm)
  • Tuesday Dec 29 nationals rescheduled to Thursday Dec 31 at 6 am (normally Wednesday pm)
  • Wednesday Dec 30 nationals scheduled for Thursday Dec 31 at 1 pm*

First Week of January

  • Thursday Dec 31 nationals rescheduled to Monday Jan 4 at 1 pm (normally Friday pm)
  • Friday Jan 1 nationals rescheduled to Tuesday Jan 5 at 6 am (normally Monday pm)
  • Saturday Jan 2 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Jan 6 at 6 am (normally Tuesday am)
  • Sunday Jan 3 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Jan 6 at 6 am (normally Tuesday am)
  • Monday Jan 4 nationals rescheduled to Wednesday Jan 6 at 6 am (normally Tuesday pm)
  • Tuesday Jan 5 nationals scheduled for Wednesday Jan 6 at 1 pm*

* denotes normal release time

As usual, the “fast affiliate nationals” (more commonly known as the fast nationals) will continue to should be released each morning at 8 am for the previous night’s preliminary prime time ratings on the broadcast networks. However, sporadic delays could occur.

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.