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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/6/12

Posted January 7, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> A night of virtually all-new programming brought in plenty of viewers. CBS:  Back with new episodes for the first time in over a month, the network was up across the board by 0.2-0.4.  On a night where football reigned, that didn’t win any hours, but bodes very well for when the atypical competition is […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.6.2016

Posted March 8, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

          NETWORK FINALS:  The scheduled new episode of BORDERTOWN didn’t air due to the east coast NASCAR overrun.  In the same hour, the ONCE UPON A TIME rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  At 8PM, MADAM SECRETARY declined 0.1.        Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.1.2017

Posted September 2, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  A night of mostly reruns. 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 follows the chart. NBC:  […]

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Ratings Delays Caused by Christmas & New Year’s Holidays

Posted December 23, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days. This is how the ratings should roll out the next two weeks. Thursday 12/23 nationals available Monday 12/27 afternoon Friday 12/24 nationals available Tuesday 12/28 morning Saturday 12/25 nationals available Wednesday 12/29 morning Sunday […]

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SKEDBALL: Special Preview Edition through Thursday 11/24

Posted November 29, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Special edition of SKEDBALL, a preview of the 11/21-27 weekly report with data for Monday 11/21 (including the USMNT first game in the World Cup) updated through Tuesday 11/22 and with Telemundo added. Data for Wednesday 11/23 and Thursday 11/24 should be available tomorrow. Wednesday 11/23 and Thursday 11/24. ###

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THE SKED: “Breaking Bad” Breaks Big

Posted August 12, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  AMC executives may have felt like they’d been doing some meth themselves this morning–in a good way.  Five and a half seasons into its run, BREAKING BAD returned for its final 8 episodes with a vengeance, exploding to a total viewership of 5.9M.  That’s not just the highest rating by far in the show’s […]

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THE SKED: Evil Abed Wins After All

Posted May 19, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  The word, the buzz, the gossip were all true:  COMMUNITY was renewed for a 4th season, but Dan Harmon has been kicked off the show as its Executive Producer/Showrunner.  (He’ll still be credited as some variation of “Consulting Producer,” because that’s the way showrunner contracts work, but it’s a meaningless title.)  It’s over, a […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.18.2016

Posted July 19, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION coverage (aka The Melania & Michelle Show) was moderate and in line with 2012, although comparisons aren’t exactly even because the parallel night that year also included heavy coverage of a hurricane.  NBC’s 1.1 topped ABC’s 0.7 and CBS’s 0.5. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart […]

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