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SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”

Posted November 30, 2011 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 reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

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THE SKED: Preliminary Cable Ratings for “Game Of Thrones” and “Falling Skies”

Posted June 10, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Remember all those people who said they’d never watch GAME OF THRONES or for that matter HBO again after the Red Wedding?  Well, they didn’t go anywhere.  Last night’s Season 3 finale had a viewership of 5.4M people, even higher than the 5.2M who tuned in for the Stark/Frey nuptials.  It was also a […]

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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: The New CBS Schedule – Grid & Instant Analysis

Posted May 15, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  By CBS standards, the network is making a large number of moves with its 2013-14 schedule.  Changes are in store for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday–including finally pulling the trigger on a 4-sitcom Thursday.  Let’s run through it. MONDAY 8PM:          HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER 8:30PM:     WE ARE MEN 9PM:          2 BROKE GIRLS 9:30PM:     […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.20.2020

Posted August 21, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  The final night of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION remained within the 0.2-0.4 range of the previous nights.  In 2016 Night 4 rose from Night 3, although that was mostly because CBS (which had Thursday’s big lead-in) doubled its Wednesday number.  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.22.2016

Posted May 24, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS adjusted up to 3.2 when the live west coast airing was adjusted into the number, but that was still a long way from last year’s 3.8.  The same adjustments pushed AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS down 0.2.  In addition, UNDERCOVER BOSS and the season finale of THE SIMPSONS […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.28.2016

Posted April 29, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

  May sweeps didn’t arrive with fireworks. 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 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 4.23-24.2016

Posted April 25, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 23 and Sunday April 24, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for sports ratings from the same calendar weekend last year. Golf PGA: Valero Texas Open […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.18.2019

Posted August 19, 2019 by Mitch Salem

  BIG BROTHER outrated preseason NFL football. 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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