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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.10.2016

Posted August 11, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

          NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers.              Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS coverage was at the top of Wednesday cable as well, with NBC Sports Net’s primetime telecast at 0.68, CNBC at 0.25, USA […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.27.2016

Posted November 30, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  All of CBS’s ratings adjusted to reflect the network’s NFL overrun:  60 MINUTES gained 0.5 to 2.8, NCIS: LA (1.5) and MADAM SECRETARY (1.0) each rose 0.1, and ELEMENTARY, which didn’t start airing in most of the country until almost 11PM, rated at 0.7.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL ended up […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.8.2020

Posted August 11, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Sports adjustments put the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP on CBS at 0.5, the NHL game on NBC at 0.3, and PBC Boxing on FOX at 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was firmly in control of Saturday cable.  There were NBA […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.16.2017

Posted March 17, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  March Madness begins. 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 follow the chart. CBS:  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.6.2017

Posted July 10, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT, THE WALL and BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS all gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HGTV’s FLIP OR FLOP topped a quiet cable Thursday, up 0.11 to 0.43, with HOUSE HUNTERS up 0.11 to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 3.14.2015

Posted March 17, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s college basketball conference tournament coverage took up all of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with the ACC leading the way with 1.17.  (Other tournaments on ESPN2 and FS1 also made the chart.)  4 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.8.2018

Posted August 9, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The horsemen of the Apocalypse continued to ride, as TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER kept its Wednesday cable throne, down 0.04 to 0.59.  On VH1, BLACK INK CREW gained […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.27.2016

Posted October 28, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, there were plenty of adjustments at CBS due to the THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL simulcasts. Although THE BIG BANG THEORY kept its morning rating, THE GREAT INDOORS, MOM and LIFE IN PIECES all dropped 0.1, and things got ugly for PURE GENIUS, which fell 0.2 to a dismal premiere […]

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