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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.4.2018

Posted November 5, 2018 by Mitch Salem

  A big night for football. 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 and comparisons […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.22.2018

Posted March 23, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage adjusted to 1.9/2.0/2.7.  In addition, STATION 19 fell 0.1 in final numbers, not great news for a premiere.  Elsewhere, AP BIO gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s part of NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage led Thursday […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 1.4-1.10.2021

Posted January 12, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 4 through Sunday January 10, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 12.1.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATE #2

Posted December 2, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  For all networks except CBS, comparisons are to November 17 due to the reruns on Thanksgiving Eve.  THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.08 to 0.49, THE WONDER YEARS lost 0.06 to 0.34, THE CONNERS gained 0.02 to 0.52, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.03 to 0.33.  The final A MILLION LITTLE THINGS to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.26.2019

Posted February 27, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FBI gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the season finale of THE GIFTED went out on a sour note, down 0.1 to 0.4         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Wednesday cable by a sliver, up a tick […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.10.2016

Posted February 11, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 and BLACK-ISH lost 0.1 in final numbers Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s actual top-rated original was the primetime part of TNT’s NBA DOUBLEHEADER, 0.74 for Lakers vs. Cleveland, with 0.52 for the later Houston vs. Portland game.  On […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 4.16.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted April 18, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After an afternoon NBA PLAYOFFS game at 1.78, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.07 to 0,48, AMERICAN IDOL jumped 0.13 to 0.64, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was up 0.03 to 0.23. CBS:  Without the MASTERS lead-in that it had last week, 60 MINUTES fell three-tenths to 0.55.  The rest of […]

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The Sked: Why Are the Networks Upbeat about the Upfront with Such Declining Ratings?

Posted May 3, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

> We may all be looking at the wrong ratings. Each day, attention is paid to the previous night’s television ratings, generally the “Live+Same Day” ratings measuring any viewing of a program live or via DVR playback within that night’s prime time or late night hours.  But ratings measurement does not stop there.  DVR playback […]

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