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THE SKED: Friday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/14/11

Posted October 15, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Fridays are quiet in any case, but with 2 of the networks waiting to launch their “real” schedules, last night was nearly inaudible. CBS:  Although A GIFTED MAN upticked slightly last night, it seems clear that the show won’t reach the level of the network’s other Friday shows (and the competition is about to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.24.2020

Posted December 28, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  A holiday gift for our readers:  we are now able to provide final broadcast network ratings to the hundredths of a point.  We’ll alter the way we report adjustments from morning numbers (still in tenths) by noting that a show is “up” if its final number would round up to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.17.2018

Posted November 20, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s original movie CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND led Saturday cable at 0.66.  Fox Sports 1’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game narrowly beat ESPN’s evening game, 0.64 vs. 0.63, with other […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 12.11.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted December 14, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS:  Primetime was led by ABC’s NBA game at 0.75, although the highest-rated programming of the day was CBS’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game at 1.31.  The first fresh episode of NBC’s SNL in several weeks was at 0.96.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s telecast of the HEISMAN […]

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The Sked: Cable Ratings November 1-7

Posted November 9, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>It’s been a good week for the sport of football (except if you happen to work at Penn State).  The Sunday Night Football game on NBC averaged an 8.8 rating with Adults 18-49, the Saturday night college football game on CBS (#1 vs #2 teams) scored a 7.2 rating, and the ESPN Monday Night Football […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.3.2020

Posted June 4, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ULTIMATE TAG and the rerun MASTERCHEF lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again at the top of cable, with CNN TONIGHT at 0.60/0.84/2.8M, Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.52/0.81/4.5M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

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The Sked: THURSDAY July 4 Ratings Chart

Posted July 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Thursday ratings.  The broadcast networks totaled a 3.4 rating with adults 18-49 last night, almost exactly the 3.3 rating from Independence Day 2012 (on a Wednesday night).  NBC won the little-viewed night and was up 13% from July 4 last year.  Although Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular was higher rated last year (1.8 rating […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.16-17.2016

Posted July 19, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 16-17, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K 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, July […]

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