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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Rating 9.16-9.22.2019

Posted September 24, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 16 through Sunday September 22, 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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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.24.2021

Posted May 25, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday May 24, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.9.2016

Posted May 10, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  BLINDSPOT and REIGN both fell 0.1 in final numbers, putting REIGN at a particularly ugly 0.2.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT held the night’s reins with its pair of NBA PLAYOFFS games, Golden State vs. Portland at 2.56 and Toronto vs. […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 6.27-7.3.2022

Posted July 6, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday June 27 through Sunday July 3, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

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The Sked: Why Are the Networks Upbeat about the Upfront with Such Declining Ratings?

Posted May 3, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

> We may all be looking at the wrong ratings. Each day, attention is paid to the previous night’s television ratings, generally the “Live+Same Day” ratings measuring any viewing of a program live or via DVR playback within that night’s prime time or late night hours.  But ratings measurement does not stop there.  DVR playback […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.20.2015

Posted August 21, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2.  At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun dropped 0.2 to 0.5.  Also down 0.1 were BIG BROTHER (to 2.0) and the MOM rerun (1.1).  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tis the season for […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 3.4.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted March 7, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.55.  FOX’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at 0.14.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION ticked down to 0.04, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked up to 0.04.  In late night, NBC’s SNL gained 0.05 to 0.76.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE BASKETBALL was at […]

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/16/12

Posted April 17, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> SMASHWatch is glad it’s on NBC. NBC:  Last night SMASH slipped for the first time below the Mason-Dixon line of network TV ratings, to a 1.9 (and in each of last 3 weeks, the show has declined further when final numbers for the night were released).  This made it the lowest-rated original show on […]

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