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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.10.2017

Posted August 11, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, the preliminary ratings were more or less useless because of NFL preemptions, so we’ll do a full network rundown here. NBC:  SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’s summer Weekend Update series debuted at a solid 1.2, well above its 0.7 lead-in from THE WALL (down 0.3 from 2 weeks […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.25.2014

Posted September 26, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got better for ABC in final numbers, as GREY’S ANATOMY, SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER all climbed an extra 0.1.  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.0, again significantly higher than last week’s game. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Thursday (plus a […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.21.2016

Posted February 23, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC naturally owned Sunday cable, with THE WALKING DEAD down 0.17 from last week’s midseason premiere to 6.58, and TALKING DEAD down 0.42 to 2.68, with COMIC BOOK MEN down 0.22 […]

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/15/12

Posted January 16, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Football is like crack for TV networks. FOX:  The NY Giants/Green Bay playoff game was massive, and since it ran until 8:12PM on the east coast, the giant SIMPSONS number, currently a 6.8, will end up adjusted.  Given the atypically huge lead-in for the evening and the adjustments, it’s hard to tell just how […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.14.2020

Posted September 15, 2020 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  Notwithstanding the football preemption, ABC’s DANCING WITH THE STARS and the VOMO special held this morning’s early numbers.  However on CW, the new and rerun WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY as well as PENN & TELLER: FOOL US all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.2-3.2016

Posted July 5, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday July 2 and Sunday July 3, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Golf PGA: […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.5.2018

Posted October 6, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

  Sitcoms were the news. 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). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

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THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FALL 2011/12 WEDNESDAY TV SCHEDULE

Posted May 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Wednesday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ratings for each show; the capitalized titles are the new shows; and italics are for shows changing their time […]

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