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THE SKED: “Grimm” News?

Posted November 17, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> NBC has followed up its announcement of its midseason schedule with a surprisingly timid order for 2 back-up scripts for GRIMM.  (In comparison, last month the network ordered 6 back-up scripts for the now-deceased Prime Suspect.)   It’s certainly true that Grimm has only aired 3 episodes thus far of its initial 13 episode order, […]

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS December 28

Posted December 29, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Last night CBS was the only network to top a 2 rating with Adults 18-49, showing substantial growth from the same night last year.  The other networks were closer to a 1 rating on the final Wednesday of 2011.  Complete program ratings tracks follow and read more at the Wednesday Network Scorecard.       […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 10.2.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted October 4, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.34.  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY dropped 0.05 to 0.37, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE fell 0.11 to 0.36, and THE ROOKIE ticked down to 0.30. CBS:  The network had the late national NFL game, so 60 MINUTES rocketed to 1.33.  The season premiere of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.20.2015

Posted November 21, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  It was ABC’s night from start to finish. 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 and […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.28-3.6.2022

Posted March 8, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 28 through Sunday March 6, 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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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Vince Uncensored”

Posted July 2, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Not even the presence of Michael Chiklis and Elizabeth Perkins could make VINCE UNCENSORED endurable.   Deservedly consigned by CBS to its trash-bin, this isn’t one of those pilots you’ll be likely to hear about again.  The storyline of Vince Uncensored uses a contrivance to get to an […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.15.2016

Posted January 16, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

  Nothing on the roster even hit a 1.5 rating. 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 […]

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Broadcast Network Weekly & Summer Averages: The Amazing Power of the Olympics

Posted July 30, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on fast nationals for Friday-Sunday and official national ratings for Monday-Thursday, the week of July 23-29 of course goes to NBC by a mile — but the network’s weekly average this past week is just a taste of things to come. NBC averaged a 1.6 rating with Adults 18-49 this past week in the […]

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