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The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS ADVISORY

Posted November 15, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>NBC Monday fast national ratings for The Sing-Off and Rock Center will be inflated by one or two tenths because Minneapolis affiliate KARE will be carrying the Monday Night Football game locally (Vikings at Packers).  Minneapolis-St Paul is market #15, with 1.5% of the TV population.  Rock Center might see a real bump in ratings […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.27.2019

Posted July 30, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The entire ABC line-up of SHARK TANK, PRESS YOUR LUCK and CARD SHARKS, as well as NBC’s DATELINE, lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Saturday cable, down 0.04 to 0.58.   Adult Swim’s line-up […]

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THE SKED: Good Starts for “True Detective” and “Girls,” Not for “Helix”

Posted January 13, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  TRUE DETECTIVE, despite major competition from the Golden Globes and the season premiere of Shameless on Showtime, had a solid start in the ratings for HBO on Sunday.  Preliminary numbers have it at 2.3M total viewers for its 9PM airing, with another 1M at 11PM.  The 9PM rating is a bit higher than the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Adjusted Network Finals: 8.8.2019

Posted August 9, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  Due to the extreme amount of adjustments that were likely because of local NFL preemptions, we’ve relocated our network rating analysis to this post.  Comparisons are to last Thursday’s finals. ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY dropped 0.2 to 0.5, and both FAMILY FOOD FIGHT (0.3) and REEF BREAK (0.2) were down 0.1. CBS:  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.22.2019

Posted February 25, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that the FOX line-up was incorrect, and that the 8PM hour consisted of LAST MAN STANDING at 1.0 (originally listed as an hour at 0.9) followed by THE COOL KIDS at 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.7-2.13.2022

Posted February 15, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 7 through Sunday February 13, 2022. 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. Here is the same week last year: […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 10.1.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted October 4, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  A MOST MAGICAL STORY special was at 0.61, then 20/20 ticked down to 0.34. CBS:  SWAT moved from Wednesdays, and its season premiere was at 0.42, just about the same as last year’s 0.4 premiere.  The season premiere of MAGNUM PI was at 0.39 compared to last year’s 0.5, and the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.8.2017

Posted June 9, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS game and the 9PM CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD rerun rose 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8PM SUPERNATURAL rerun lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not surprisingly, Thursday cable was obsessed with James Comey’s […]

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