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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals ; Network Finals: 5.5.2016

Posted May 6, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY earned back 0.1 in final numbers, although that was still a big drop from last week, while MOM and RUSH HOUR each lost 0.1.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated Thursday cable at […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 4.18-4.24.2022

Posted April 26, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 17: April 18-24, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: Housekeeping At NBC & CBS

Posted May 10, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  The pick-ups are mostly done, so today was a time for the networks to clean up after themselves with some decisions on existing shows: NBC canceled DRACULA and remains in negotiations on PARENTHOOD, with the big issue reportedly the network’s desire not just to order an abbreviated 13-episode season, but to guarantee each cast […]

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The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS November 18

Posted November 19, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Updated sweep standings and comparisons will be posted later.  In the meantime, a brief update.  Grimm has stabilized at a 1.6 rating, good for an NBC tie for first place at 9 pm.  Chuck, however, continues at a 0.9 rating (fourth place at 8 pm), and Dateline (1.5) is in second place at 10 pm. […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.10.2019

Posted March 12, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s ARETHA special and NBC’s WORLD OF DANCE, and FOX’s rerun of THE SIMPSONS, each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD inched up 0.04 to 1.77, with TALKING DEAD up a heartier […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.20.2014

Posted December 23, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CBS’s SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL increased to 3.9 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): As weird as it looks, NFL Network coded its Saturday afternoon NFL game for Nielsen purposes as “Thursday Night Football” (probably because that’s usually […]

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The Sked: THURSDAY Ratings

Posted April 18, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Thursday preliminary broadcast ratings:

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.26.2014

Posted October 28, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ONCE UPON A TIME and THE GOOD WIFE each gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The latter tied GOOD WIFE with MADAM SECRETARY at 1.5, and gave GOOD WIFE a convincing win over REVENGE when they went head-to-head at 10PM (not that it’s hard to have a convincing win over REVENGE).  60 MINUTES […]

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