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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.15.2018

Posted June 18, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for NY baseball preemption, CW’s line-up fell to 0.2/0.2 for WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and 0.1 for the series finale of LIFE SENTENCE.  In addition, 20/20 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Syfy’s […]

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NIELSENWAR: The NBC Fall 2017 Schedule

Posted May 14, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  The Upfronts are officially here, more troubled than ever thanks to the ever-declining ratings at the broadcast networks.  (This Variety article does a good job of laying out the ways in which business considerations are altering what shows are put on the air.)  NBC is in the best position of the broadcasters, thanks to […]

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WEDNESDAY Ratings

Posted October 16, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Preliminary ratings are delayed by Nielsen until at  least 9:30 am PT (90 minutes past due).  The ratings service is performing extra “quality checks,” so be prepared for unusually high quality ratings later this morning!

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals: 3.9.2015

Posted March 10, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): A&E’s premiere of THE RETURNED was at 0.58, following the season premiere of BATES MOTEL, which at 0.92 was 0.34 below last March’s premiere, but up a hundredth from the May 2014 season finale.  Earlier in […]

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Ratings Post Delays

Posted April 15, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  For the next week, delays here in ratings posts and updates are likely, and they won’t be the fault of Nielsen.  (Well, over the course of a week Nielsen might well have its own delays, but those would be different.)  Due to travel and technology issues, ratings may be posted several hours after the […]

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 11/18/12

Posted November 21, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  AMC:  The zombies were a bit subdued this week, as THE WALKING DEAD went back to its 4.9 level from 2 weeks ago, after last week’s climb back to 5.6.  As the show finally neared the intersection of its prison and Governor storylines, the combination of the 9PM airing and the 10PM rebroadcast put […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 5/19/14

Posted May 20, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MAYA RUDOLPH SHOW didn’t start until 10:01PM, so it went down 0.1 while THE VOICE gained that much.  In terms of the future viability of a regular Maya Rudolph series (the special was more or less a pilot for one), it’s not a good sign that the show started with a […]

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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/1/13

Posted October 2, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  So much for superpowers. ABC:  AGENTS OF SHIELD took one of the ugliest Week 2 dives in recent memory, plummeting a horrific 1.6 from last week’s premiere to a very mortal 3.1 rating.  That pulled the rug out from under the rest of the network’s night, as THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.9 to 2.2, TROPHY […]

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