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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.3.2020

Posted February 4, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Super Bowl promos seemed to help FOX’s line-up. 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 […]

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/13/13

Posted February 14, 2013 by Mitch Salem

A bad night for most. CBS:  SURVIVOR returned from its hiatus with its lowest cycle premiere ever, a 2.4 that was down 0.7 from last Spring’s start.  The show ran 90 minutes, and CBS filled in the gap with a 1.6 BIG BANG THEORY rerun before CSI had a 2.1, just barely ahead of the […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 2.10-2.16.2020

Posted February 19, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 10 through Sunday February 16, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

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Weekly and Season to Date Network Ratings

Posted March 4, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Another week of prime time ratings, and only FOX can claim a full week average over a 2 rating with adults 18-49 for the week ending last night.  ABC has a particularly steep decline versus the same week last year, which included The Oscars. Weekly Rating Feb 25-Mar 3 18-49 Rating Vs Last Year FOX 2.19 […]

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THE SKED: Viewers Check In to “Bates Motel” and Sunday Cable Ratings

Posted March 19, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  BATES MOTEL had a very solid start on A&E last night, with a total viewership in its initial airing of 3 million, a number that rose healthily to 4.6 million with the night’s rerun included.  It also skewed fairly young for a show that takes its inspiration from a 52-year old movie, with more […]

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Roger Ebert (1942-2013): The Balcony Is Closed

Posted April 4, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Roger Ebert, after enduring cancer with extraordinary fortitude for over a decade, passed away today.  Ebert was one of the smartest, hardest-working and most passionate film critics of his generation, and almost certainly the most famous.  Although he was devoted to criticism expressed in writing–both in newspapers (and books) and, later in his career, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.2.2020

Posted April 3, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun LAST MAN STANDING lost 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun LEGACIES managed to round up to 0.1 (we don’t have the number to the next decimal place).         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The day’s news was led […]

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THE SKED: Misfit Toys Scorecard – “Smash” vs. “Vegas”

Posted April 21, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  This is what it came to for SMASH and VEGAS, both starry, expensive shows that once had Emmy lights glittering in their eyes:  fighting it out for 3rd place at 8PM on a Saturday night.  Behind the 1.5 for a UFC match on FOX, behind even the 0.7 for ABC’s misbegotten game show BET ON […]

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