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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.12.2016 — with OLYMPIC UPDATE

Posted August 13, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

  OLYMPICS ratings were due to drop last night, and they did–steeply. 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). […]

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THE SKED: 1st Pre-Look at ABC’s Fall Dramas

Posted May 17, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows […]

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The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS December 20

Posted December 21, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>NBC managed to win last night (the only network to average a 2 rating across the evening) by programming an original game show and a Christmas-themed SNL special (the same strategy the network employed last year on this night).  CBS was second by repeating its regular schedule (as it did last year).  ABC improved over […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.7.2020

Posted May 8, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  MAN WITH A PLAN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable, steady at 0.47, and FAMILIES OF THE MAFIA was also steady at 0.16.  Cable news was topped by Fox News’s […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.28-29.2015

Posted November 30, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same NFL and college football weekend or the same calendar weekend […]

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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 8.22.2020

Posted August 23, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

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 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.29.2018

Posted May 31, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, and WORLD OF DANCE lost the same.  In addition, after baseball adjustment, CW’s reruns respectively dropped 0.1 and 0.2.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  To those who asked, the official season premiere […]

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The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS October 9

Posted October 10, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> CBS has moved slightly ahead of FOX season to date, while NBC moved past a sagging ABC on a strange Sunday night.  ABC is simply falling apart on Sunday:  its three-week 18-49 rating track for the night is 2.5…2.3…2.0.  As Mitch Salem pointed out earlier this morning, Desperate Housewives and Pan Am are just in […]

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