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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.13.2018

Posted April 16, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted on Saturday morning, since all the networks were disrupted by the 9PM presidential address, we’ll look at the Friday ratings more closely today now that we have adjusted finals. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME (0.4), AGENTS OF SHIELD (0.5) and 20/20 (0.4) were all down 0.1 […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series: 5.25-5.31.2020

Posted June 2, 2020 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 22: May 25-May 31, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness through Final Four

Posted April 7, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Chart updated with persons 2+ audiences for the four games played Saturday April 4, 2015 (the Final Four Round): Telecast 65: TBS/TNT/TRU Saturday 6:00 pm #1-Duke 81 #7-Michigan State 61 (Duke up 36-25 at half) Telecast 66: TBS/TNT/TRU Saturday 9:00 pm #1-Wisconsin 71 #1-Kentucky 64 (Tied 36-36 at half) The early Saturday game on TBS/TNT/TRU (telecast 65) averaged 15,307,000 persons 2+ across the […]

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NIELSENWAR: Hindsight, Girlfriends’ Guide, and The Perks of Being In the Cable Scripted Game

Posted March 16, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  Everyone knows that TV is a pitiless business, where a show lives or dies by the ratings it receives. Except… not always. Today, VH1 announced that it was renewing its time-travel dramedy Hindsight, even though the show’s Season 1 finale had a 0.17 rating in 18-49s, losing 70% of its Mob Wives lead-in.  (And […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.20.2016

Posted June 21, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

  BRAINDEAD is living up to the second half of its title. 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). […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 10.5-10.11.2020

Posted October 13, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday October 5 through Sunday October 11, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size now 200K 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 […]

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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Midseason Trailer – “Resurrection”

Posted May 14, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  RESURRECTION is one of ABC’s TBD series, and it seems that it may be intended to have a limited run (perhaps bridging the gaps of a serialized show, in order to avoid reruns and preemptions), although it’s not clear if that means it would come to a definite end in the way of a […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.25.2015 (UPDATED)

Posted January 27, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NOTE TO READERS:  Due to our upcoming Sundance Film Festival coverage, ratings posts for the rest of this week will likely be limited to charts without text.  In addition, we may not be able to respond to individual ratings requests in the Comments.  (But Sundance reviews!) NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no adjustments at all […]

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