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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.4.2018

Posted June 5, 2018 by Mitch Salem

  A generally up night compared to Memorial Day. 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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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.2.2019

Posted April 3, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE VILLAGE and the rerun of ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable, down […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.21.2019

Posted February 22, 2019 by Mitch Salem

  A strong night for GREY’S ANATOMY. 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 […]

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Exit Strategy”

Posted July 1, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>See A Word About Busted Pilots On paper, EXIT STRATEGY looked like one of the hot FOX pilots this past season, a high-profile (Ethan Hawke’s first TV project) espionage thriller in the vein of 24 that could inherit that show’s Monday night slot and its House lead-in.  It didn’t happen:  the network chose Terra Nova […]

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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/10/14

Posted January 11, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Another newcomer bites the dust. FOX:  ENLISTED showed no signs of life in is premiere with 0.7, slightly behind the 0.8 for its lead-in RAISING HOPE, and the question will be whether FOX is content to leave that hour at a sub-1 level.  BONES was at 1.5, down 0.2 from its last new episode […]

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “New Girl”

Posted September 28, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.17.2017

Posted August 18, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  IMPORTANT NOTE: Ratings below for ABC, CBS and especially NBC are inflated by local pre-emptions for NFL Preseason games. Also, The CW inflated by New York pre-emption for MLB Yankees-Mets game. ABC pre-emptions in Washington DC, Buffalo and Jacksonville. CBS in Miami. NBC in Philadelphia and Baltimore. Given all the adjustments to come, we’ll hold ratings […]

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/21/13

Posted February 22, 2013 by Mitch Salem

Not the kind of history the major networks like to set. CW:  Last night may have been the first time a CW series beat not one, but two of the big networks, as THE VAMPIRE DIARIES climbed an impressive 0.3 to 1.3 and NBC and ABC fell.  At 9PM, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST was also […]

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