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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted June 24, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 22 and Sunday June 23, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) The NHL playoffs continue to do very well for NBC. NHL — Stanley Cup Final NBC Sat 8:00 pm Boston-Chicago […]

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THE SKED: THURSDAY Ratings September 22

Posted September 23, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Thursday night is off and running, and the highest rated show on the night is Big Bang Theory on CBS with a 4.9 Adult 18-49 rating (4.8 the first half hour and a 5.0 from 8:30-9:00).  The highly anticipated Person of Interest at 9 pm did not take full advantage of this sterling lead-in, […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 3.8-3.14.2021

Posted March 16, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday March 8 through Sunday March 14, 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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THE SKED: Ad Age Shows Us the Network Money – Part I

Posted October 25, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Advertising Age has issued its yearly survey of the actual prices (more or less) being charged by networks for 30-second national ads in their primetime programming, which allows us to do some back-of-the-envelope calculations about just how profitable each individual show and network may be.  We’ll get to the network-by-network calculus tomorrow, but today, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.21.2021

Posted July 22, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Wednesday July 21, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.27.2018

Posted November 28, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

          NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US and THE GIFTED gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.12 to 0.81, and REAL COUNTRY was up 0.04 to 0.21.  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND gained […]

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The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 8.8.2019

Posted August 9, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

NOTE: The fast affiliate-based nationals below for each network are inflated by significant pre-emptions for NFL Preseason coverage in selected major markets. Program ratings will be available later today with the nationals.  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 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.5.2019

Posted November 6, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, it’s worth noting the extreme front-loading of EMERGENCE, which started at 1.1 in the 10PM-10:15PM quarter-hour, and was at 0.5 by 10:45PM.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated Tuesday […]

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