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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/5/12

Posted October 6, 2012 by Mitch Salem

It’s getting to be time for the season’s first cancellation. CBS:  MADE IN JERSEY plummeted to 0.8, below even (gulp!) Fringe, and can’t be long for this world.  It probably didn’t have much effect on the long-running CSI NY and BLUE BLOODS that surround it, but they’re slumping too, with twin 1.2s that are far […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 6.9.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted June 12, 2023 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  Game 4 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.23, down four-tenths from 2022’s Game 4. CBS:  Reruns at 0.20/0.16/0.14. NBC:  Reruns at 0.19/0.30. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN dropped 0.13 to 0.60. CW:  After a rerun at 0.05, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY dipped 0.02 to 0.05, and GREAT AMERICAN JOKE OFF was […]

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/29/13

Posted April 30, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Despite modest bumps for FOX’s season finales, last night featured an alarming number of season and series lows. FOX:  Both BONES and THE FOLLOWING were up in their season finales, the former by 0.1 to 2.1 and the latter by 0.2 to 2.6.  That still didn’t get them past their season average numbers, although […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.31.2019

Posted June 3, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  The CW line-up, which may have been inflated by local sports preemption, dropped across the board, with the MASTERS OF ILLUSION special down 0.1, and the WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY reruns down to 0.2/0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 11.30-12.6.2020

Posted December 8, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday November 30 through Sunday December 6, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for […]

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The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS March 16

Posted March 17, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>CBS had a good night with the NCAA basketball tournament, averaging a preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm and beating the 1.5 rating from last year’s comparable night.  Credit goes to a thrilling upset by 15th-seed Lehigh over 2nd-seed Duke in the Southern region.  CBS’s coverage of the climax of that game […]

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “2 Broke Girls”

Posted September 27, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.2.2015

Posted January 7, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Friday night. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN continued its holiday season rule with 3 of the top 4 cable shows of the day or night, COLLEGE BOWL games at […]

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