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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.31.2014

Posted November 1, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  The networks found little that was tasty in their Halloween bags last night. 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 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 11.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted November 8, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s Game 6 of the WORLD SERIES was at 2.93.  ABC’s primetime COLLEGE FOOTBALL was at 0.37.  and NBC’s as at 0.63.  (The dominant game of the day was CBS’s afternoon game at 3.41.)  On CW, MAGIC WITH THE STARS ticked up to 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS held at 0.04.  In […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings — The Masters Rules

Posted April 15, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

CBS Sports continues its springtime roll, with The Masters coverage over the weekend up about 25% from last year.  Sunday’s final round hit an impressive 10.2 household rating in the 56 local markets measured by Nielsen (covering 70% of the country). NASCAR on Saturday night on FOX averaged a 3.5 household rating, down a tenth […]

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THE SKED: “Community” Makes It To Senior Year

Posted May 10, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Late today, NBC thrilled… well, not many viewers, but we’re very enthusiastic.  The network announced its renewal of COMMUNITY for a 4th season.  As had been rumored, the order is for 13 episodes (although unlike the similar order for 30 Rock, this isn’t designated as an official “final season”).  Considering the radical eccentricity of […]

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings Charts

Posted March 21, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

A quick post today with just the ratings charts for last night.  Complete coverage to return soon. Wednesday night fast national ratings compared to the official nationals for the same night last year: Original episode track for Wednesday network programs:

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SKEDBALL: Winter Olympic Ratings Update

Posted February 24, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Last night’s final night of coverage from Sochi on NBC was in three parts.  Sochi Gold from 7:00-8:30 pm (mostly an excellent documentary on the still fascinating Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding controversy in 1994) averaged a 2.6 adult 18-49 rating (peaking at a 3.1 rating in the 8:30 half hour).  The actual Closing Ceremony coverage from 8:30-10:30 averaged a […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings

Posted March 11, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The PGA and the weekend’s broadcaster (in this case NBC) usually have reason to be overjoyed when Tiger Woods is in contention at a tournament.  This weekend at Doral, Florida (the WGC Cadillac event), Woods won the event going away.  Saturday from 2-6 pm NBC averaged a 3.0 household rating and 7 share in the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.7.2018

Posted January 9, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted in yesterday’s Network Scorecard text, the GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 5.0 in final numbers.  In addition, after football adjustments, THE SIMPSONS fell 0.6 to 2.8, and GHOSTED was down 0.2 to 1.6.  Elsewhere, the 9PM SHARK TANK rose 0.1 to 1.4.         Broadcast […]

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