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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.12.2020

Posted April 14, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE ROOKIE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  KILLING EVE returned to AMC and BBCAmerica at respectively 0.14/0.12, compared to last season’s premiere on the same networks at 0.15/0.10.  HBO offered a stark demonstration that viewers […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.25.2018

Posted March 27, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: LA and BOB’S BURGERS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE SIMPSONS, INSTINCT and DECEPTION each lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a busy night for scripted cable.  THE WALKING DEAD rose 0.12 from last […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.24.2019

Posted December 25, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  Reruns under the tree. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 follows the chart. […]

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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/21/14

Posted August 22, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  Last night’s exhibition football preemptions will keep several networks’ numbers somewhat unclear until this afternoon. ABC:  The 2-hour ROOKIE BLUE season finale is currently at 1.1, up 0.2 from last week (and up 0.1 from last season’s finale), but the network was preempted in Philadelphia, so it’s unclear whether that will hold up.  Similarly, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.18.2020

Posted March 19, 2020 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, and SEAL TEAM lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  18 of the top 19 cable telecasts on Wednesday were news, led by Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.50/0.81/5M, with CNN’s INSIDE POLITICS at […]

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SKEDBALL: Are You Ready For Some Thursday Night CBS Football?

Posted February 5, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  CBS has won the competition to carry 8 fall NFL games on Thursday nights.  Price wasn’t disclosed, but the network is believed to be paying in the neighborhood of $300M for the games, or about $37.5M per game.  (All the broadcast networks and several cablers bid for the rights, as reportedly did Google.)  In […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 9.9-10.2017

Posted September 13, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 9-10, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K 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, September 10-11, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 6.16.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted June 17, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 6th and final game of the NBA FINALS was up 0.33 from Monday’s Game 5 to 4.32. CBS:  Reruns at 0.30/0.25/0.24/0.22/0.22. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.26/0.24. FOX:  Reruns at 0.25/0.21. CW:  WALKER ticked down to 0.11.  The series finale of LEGACIES was at 0.09, down a tick from last week and […]

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