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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/22/12

Posted July 23, 2012 by Mitch Salem

Apparently Sunday is a better night for romance. ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE benefited from having its season finale moved from Monday night to Sunday, scoring a 3.0 that was up from last year’s (Monday) finale by 0.3, and probably becoming the first network series in quite a while to beat True Blood.  The post-show AFTER THE […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.19.2018

Posted April 20, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

  SCANDAL had a solid exit. 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 comparisons follow the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.1.2019

Posted December 4, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.2, up 0.3 from last week’s game.  In addition, NCIS: LA and MADAM SECRETARY each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s movie CHRISTMAS TOWN dominated Sunday scripted at 0.59.  Adult […]

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Announcing Metcalf Entertainment Intelligence

Posted November 5, 2023 by Mitch Salem

  Anyone who’s been following the tumult in television, typified by the recently-concluded WGA strike and the ongoing-as-of-this-post SAG-AFTRA strike, knows that a key issue for the industry is that the streamers, who now dominate the programming landscape, keep their metrics deeply opaque.  This is their firm policy not just with their talent, but even […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 1.4-1.10.2021

Posted January 12, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 4 through Sunday January 10, 2021.  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. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

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Election Night 2016 TV Ratings

Posted November 10, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Presidential Election coverage on the combined seven major networks (the four broadcast networks plus CNN, Fox News Channel and MNSBC) averaged just over 61 million people (two years or older) in an average minute of prime time between 8 and 11 pm ET Tuesday 11.8.2016, above the incumbent re-election years of 2004 and 2012 (each under […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.13.2015

Posted May 14, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR, SVU and the season finales of AMERICAN IDOL and THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, SUPERNATURAL, BLACK-ISH and the season finale of NASHVILLE each lost a tenth. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader once again topped the night at 2.07/1.49, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was next […]

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE: “Downton Abbey”

Posted January 9, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> It’s not an exaggeration to say that many people probably had to check their cable and satellite listings just to find out where their local PBS station was, once it became clear that the first season of what’s now called Masterpiece Classic’s miniseries DOWNTON ABBEY was not to be missed.  Now, after a year-long […]

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