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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/26/12

Posted July 27, 2012 by Mitch Salem

Olympics minus 1. ABC:  Possibly in the belief that its activities qualified for Olympic medals, viewers thronged to WIPEOUT, giving it a 2.2 that was up 0.5 from last week.  ROOKIE BLUE was also up a bit to 1.5, winning its hour, and ABC took the night. CBS:  The night fell apart at 10PM, when […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.17.2018

Posted June 18, 2018 by Mitch Salem

  SHADES OF BLUE returned low. 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 the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.30.2020

Posted June 2, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, adjustments were extreme due to the local preemptions for news coverage.  ABC’s LAST DANCE fell 0.2/0.3 in final numbers, CBS was down 0.2/0.2/0.2, NBC’s airing of DESPICABLE ME dropped 0.2 and the network added a news special at 0.2 in the 10PM hour, and FOX’s reruns were […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 11.27.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted November 30, 2022 by Mitch Salem

BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The new special MICKEY SAVES CHRISTMAS at 0.28 was followed by a rerun of OLAF’S FROZEN CHRISTMAS at 0.35.  An original MAGICAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION special at 0.35 was followed by a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.19. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks ago when the network didn’t have the late national […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/10/14

Posted February 11, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS adjusted up to 6.5 last night, still below the parallel night at Turin 2006 and farther behind the North American 2002/2010 games.  Of course, CPMs (the price paid by advertisers for commercial time) have gone up in the past 8 years, so a 6.5 yields more revenue now than it […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.3.2014

Posted October 6, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ABC’s streak of upward adjustments continued on Friday, with LAST MAN STANDING, SHARK TANK and 20/20 all up 0.1.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Friday: CHART UPDATED BELOW with the Fox Sports 1 NLDS Games.  All four League Division Series on Friday are now listed. Friday’s cable […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.6.2021

Posted January 7, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  Special news reports displaced most of the regular line-ups.  (Note, though, that on the West Coast, reruns of scripted shows aired on some networks in prime time, which may lead to adjustments.) 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 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 12.2-12.8.2019

Posted December 10, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday December 2 through Sunday December 8, 2019.  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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