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THE SKED: The Return of “Homeland” (and “Dexter”)

Posted March 12, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Showtime announced today the return of 2 of its signature dramas:  both DEXTER and HOMELAND will begin their new seasons on Sunday, September 30. Not coincidentally, this is exactly 1 week after the year’s Emmy Awards on September 23, at which Showtime will be hoping that both shows–but particularly the dazzling and widely-acclaimed Homeland–will […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 4.26-5.2.2021

Posted May 4, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 18: April 26-May 2, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.15.2019

Posted October 16, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  MIXED-ISH lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE led Tuesday cable at 1.50/2.01/8.6M, down 0.6 from the last debate on ABC, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.27/0.46/3.1M, and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW at […]

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The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS NOTES October 17

Posted October 18, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>With no postseason baseball last night and an inferior Monday Night Football game (the NY Jets beating the winless Miami Dolphins handily), network ratings levels rebounded for the most part.  CBS won the night with a 4.0 (up 0.1 from last week).   The big gainer for CBS was Hawaii Five-O, up 0.4 to a 3.1 […]

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hallelujah”

Posted July 22, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> See A Word About Busted Pilots  Deadline reported today that ABC Studios has signed Jesse Martin to a talent hold deal that, although it could end up with him being cast in a different ABCS project, is largely in place so he’ll be available for a redeveloped version of Marc Cherry’s HALLELUJAH pilot, for […]

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Top Cable & Broadcast Programs: The Week So Far

Posted August 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Top telecast rankings through Thursday.

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Day 5

Posted June 17, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Wow.  USA vs Ghana on ESPN Monday just missed averaging 10 million viewers over the course of the entire telecast.  This is double what the USA matches did in 2010 from South Africa, and the demographic ratings (almost 6 ratings with young men) are excellent.  The other two matches earlier in the day Monday are […]

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Californication”

Posted April 2, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> CALIFORNICATION lost a step this season, which is what often happens when a series of limited scope reaches Year 5.  Unlike other Showtime series like Weeds and Dexter, Californication has never had the appetite for seasonal re-invention.  It tends to merely introduce a few new supporting characters and run the same basic story again.  […]

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