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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/14/13

Posted April 15, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  It was almost like football season last night, with a sports overrun claiming Sunday’s biggest rating by far. CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  “The Masters over-run into CBS prime time last night (including two sudden-death playoff holes) averaged a 4.1 fast national rating with adults 18-49, which we are adjusting up to 4.7 to reflect […]

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Weekend Studio Estimates 5.22-24.2015

Posted May 24, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2015 now looks like $143 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, significantly below the norm for this weekend.  A definite clunker Memorial Day Weekend at the box office. Opening at 3,972 theaters Friday, Tomorrowland from Disney is on track for a $32.2 million opening three-day weekend (better than it looked yesterday […]

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Day 2

Posted June 16, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

World Cup 2014 continued Friday with a well-rated match on ESPN Friday at 3 pm (Netherlands versus Spain), which averaged 3.1 million viewers of any age and a 2.09 rating with men 18-49, well above the ESPN average for Group Stage matches in 2010 (2.1 million total viewers and 1.47 men 18-49 rating) and slightly […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.26.2018

Posted September 27, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR and CHICAGO FIRE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while STAR lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE stabilized somewhat after last week’s big drop, down 0.15 to 0.92.  Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK returned […]

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Rookie Blue”

Posted May 25, 2012 by Mitch Salem

    The sparse network summer season for scripted series kicked off tonight with ROOKIE BLUE, beginning that extreme rarity, a 3d season, where few original network dramas in summer even get to a Season 2. WHERE WE WERE:  Our heroine, 2d year Toronto police officer Andy McNally (Missy Peregrym), after a season and a […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.25.2019

Posted January 26, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  A slow night. 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 follows the chart. CBS:  […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings

Posted March 18, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Through Thursday, coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS and the Turner networks (TNT, TBS and TruTV) is averaging almost 9.2 million viewers 2+ live+same day across the four networks in an average minute. That is up +9% from last year’s recent low of 8.4 million for the same games and up +2% […]

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’s “Work It”

Posted January 3, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full TV pilot reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content […]

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