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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.21.2016

Posted June 22, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT more than doubled the next-highest rated broadcast. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.16.2020

Posted August 18, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The LAST MAN STANDING rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY premiered at 0.23, slightly below the 0.25 start for WATCHMEN earlier this year; it was followed (after a rerun of the premiere) […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings Bowl

Posted November 19, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Over the weekend football continued to dominate the afternoon sports daypart.  On Saturday, college football filled the air, but only one game broke out: Stanford upsetting Oregon in prime time on ABC.  The other big upset (Kansas State at Baylor) aired opposite it on ESPN, but the game never really got off the ground since […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.30.2016

Posted December 1, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE gained 0.1 (keeping it above its series low) and BLACK-ISH lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Somewhat weirdly, the premiere of Syfy’s INCORPORATED rated higher on its USA simulcast (0.20) then on Syfy itself (0.15). Neither […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.25.2019

Posted November 26, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  NOTE:  ABC and NBC had local preemptions for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, and are particularly subject to adjustment in finals this afternoon. 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+ […]

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/14/12

Posted March 15, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Look away. FOX:  The only network with anything to boast about, and even that has a couple of asterisks.  AMERICAN IDOL will probably edge out The Voice for bragging rights to the week once final numbers are in (right now, Idol is up by 0.1), but that required a highly-publicized disqualification on Idol, and […]

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THE SKED NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES – Friday

Posted September 28, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Friday isn’t yet Saturday for the broadcast networks–there’s still plenty of original programming on the night.  But declining ratings and revenues have made it something like the network Island of Misfit Toys, where shows that skew too old or fall in too narrow a niche share space with miscellaneous newsmagazines and reality shows.  It’s […]

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The Sked: Tuesday Ratings 4.12.2016

Posted April 13, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  GAME OF SILENCE had a quiet start. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 and comparisons […]

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