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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.22.2016

Posted June 23, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the SUPERNATURAL rerun lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  After months of hype, HBO’s ANY GIVEN WEDNESDAY WITH BILL SIMMONS premiered at a tame 0.12.  OWN’s GREENLEAF was down steeply […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 8.26.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted August 29, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.38. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION dropped 0.09 to 0.15, followed by reruns at 0.15/0.15. NBC:  Reruns at 0.20/0.22 FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked up to 0.48. CW:  KILLER CAMP was steady at 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.03/0.03. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP rose 0.05 to 0.33, AMOR VALIENTE gained 0.02 […]

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THE SKED: “Homeland” Stays Home At Showtime

Posted October 26, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Four weeks into its initial season, HOMELAND has received a 2d season order from Showtime.  Although the series’ ratings haven’t been stellar–it routinely loses at least half the audience of its Dexter lead-in–Homeland has been getting exactly the kind of buzz and critical attention that pay-TV networks crave, so this makes perfect sense.  There’s […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.16.2016

Posted November 17, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE GOLDBERGS and SPEECHLESS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but BLACK-ISH lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Veteran shows thrived on Wednesday cable.  The season finale of FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY topped the night, up 0.03 to 1.33. […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.12.2019

Posted August 13, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GRAND HOTEL and the reruns of BULLETPROOF and the 9:30PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy but not particularly high-rated […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.10.2016

Posted October 11, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK UPDATE:  Lots of afternoon adjustments, mostly unhelpful.  TIMELESS, LUCIFER, DANCING WITH THE STARS and CONVICTION each lost 0.1, while THE BIG BANG THEORY, as it usually does, picked up the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped […]

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THE SKED: “Mad Men” Returns

Posted January 15, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> It’s been a long, long time, but finally the prayers of MAD MEN fans are being answered:  at the Television Critics Association gathering today, AMC confirmed that the series will return at 9PM on Sunday March 25, with a 2-hour episode written by Genius Emeritus Matthew Weiner. The following Sunday, April 1, AMC brings […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.19.2015

Posted March 20, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers for CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage brought the night’s games down to 1.8/1.6.  However, that was still far higher than last year’s adjusted 1.0/1.3.  Elsewhere, the only change was a 0.1 drop for REIGN that brought the show to a less than royal 0.3. Ratings in key demos for the Top […]

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