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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 9.24.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted September 27, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  After reruns of the WONDER YEARS and HOME ECONOMICS premieres at 0.37/0.26, 20/20 gained 0.07 to 0.35. CBS:  BIG BROTHER fell 0.13 to 0.50, followed by SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION at 0.20.  A BLUE BLOODS rerun was also at 0.20. NBC:  Following a rerun of the ORDINARY JOE pilot at 0.22, DATELINE […]

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THE SKED CABLE REVIEW: USA’s “Necessary Roughness”

Posted June 26, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Premieres Wednesday 10PM on USA:  Change the Channel NECESSARY ROUGHNESS departs from the USA Network formula in several ways:  our heroine Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) is the mother of teenagers, she doesn’t work undercover or take on wacky identities, she has no extraordinary abilities other than empathy, and her wise-cracking best friend isn’t around […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.30.2014

Posted October 1, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The changes weren’t enough to make a significant difference, but the entire ABC line-up adjusted up in final ratings, SELFIE and MANHATTAN LOVE STORY each by 0.2 (leaving them at 1.6/1.5), and AGENTS OF SHIELD and FOREVER by 0.1 (1.8/1.4).  In addition, NEW GIRL and THE VOICE each gained 0.1, while CHICAGO […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.3.2015

Posted May 5, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of SECRETS & LIES gained 0.1 in final numbers, making it ABC’s highest rated show of the night.  In addition, FAMILY GUY gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s GAME OF THRONES was of course at the top of Sunday cable, up 0.o9 from last week to 3.56.  SILICON VALLEY slipped […]

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THE SKED: NBC’s Not Done

Posted May 10, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Some more pre-Upfront pick-ups and renewals from the Peacock.  This time the happy newcomers are 2 1-hours: DO NO HARM is a modern day Jekyll & Hyde thriller about a neurosurgeon (Steven Pasquale from Rescue Me) who has a dangerous alter-ego.  Hopefully it’ll play better than NBC’s last alter-ego thriller, the flop My Own […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 7.11-7.17.2022

Posted July 19, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 11 through Sunday July 17, 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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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.30.2020

Posted January 31, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Thursday ratings, although in finals NBC broke out the post-show interview segment from the GOOD PLACE finale itself.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another TLC Thursday, with DR PIMPLE POPPER down […]

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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/14/12

Posted September 15, 2012 by Mitch Salem

ABC’s Friday makes its season debut. ABC:  SHARK TANK, PRIMETIME and 20/20 all arrived for the new season with great consistency:  1.7/1.7/1.8.  That was enough to win every hour (and the night), although none too impressively considering that they were facing reruns in almost every direction. FOX:  What turned out to be a burned-off “bonus” […]

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