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Season Averages: FOX Poised to Move Into 2nd Place Soon, Pushing NBC to 3rd

Posted February 14, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Through February 4 (20 weeks into this broadcast season), CBS leads with a 2.70 rating with adults 18-49, followed by NBC (2.40), FOX (2.19) and ABC (1.83).  But very soon, FOX will move past NBC in the season averages and is not likely to let go of second place. Looking at the rest of the […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/2/14

Posted March 4, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  SUNDAY UPDATE:  In final FINAL numbers, THE ACADEMY AWARDS gained an extra 0.2 to 13.1, which although tiny as a percentage of total rating, was gratifying to the Academy and ABC, because it pushed the telecast 0.1 above last year’s Seth MacFarlane-hosted show in 18-49s (it was already comfortably up in older-skewing total viewers).  […]

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Weekends At Bellevue”

Posted August 3, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> See A Word About Busted Pilots It was widely rumored in the weeks before the networks announced their new schedules at the Upfronts that WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE was destined to hit the air on FOX.  In fact, even its timeslot was supposedly set:  Mondays at 9PM, following House, where it would serve as a […]

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The Sked: Saturday Ratings 5.14.2016

Posted May 15, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

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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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.18.2019

Posted June 19, 2019 by Mitch Salem

  NBC in a walk. 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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NIELSENWAR Week 3: Night-By-Night Network Ratings Impact

Posted October 14, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  What do we know that we didn’t know last week? Here’s the big-picture view of where each network’s primetime average stands in comparison to 2012-13 after 3 full weeks of the season: NBC: 2.84 (+0.9%) CBS: 2.18 ( -4.6%) FOX: 2.13 (-5.9%) ABC: 2.06 (-0.3%) CW:  0.50 (-1.7%)  Note, CW didn’t begin premiering its […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.5.2019

Posted November 6, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, it’s worth noting the extreme front-loading of EMERGENCE, which started at 1.1 in the 10PM-10:15PM quarter-hour, and was at 0.5 by 10:45PM.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated Tuesday […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.2.2017

Posted July 3, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  BIG BROTHER had no trouble blowing away a night filled with reruns. 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 […]

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