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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.29.2017

Posted August 1, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD continued its weekend reign, up 0.06 from last Saturday to 0.66.  Fox Sports 1’s UFC PRELIMS were at 0.40.  ESPN’s telecast of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals Report – 8/11/14

Posted August 12, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  For anyone who missed this morning’s introduction:  below are last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, which in this case gets us all the way to the 159th-most watched show on cable Monday night, because of the avalanche of reruns that clog the full list.  The demographic categories below should be self-explanatory, and the green and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.23.2016

Posted October 24, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

  Aside from NBC’s primetime game, both CBS and FOX had afternoon NFL overruns that slid their schedules in part of the country, so many of the numbers below will be adjusted tomorrow. 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), […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.19.2016

Posted December 20, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, NFL simulcast adjustments lowered ABC’s ratings, THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT by 0.1 and THE GREAT AMERICAN BAKING SHOW by 0.2.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was far above everything else on Monday cable, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.16.2017

Posted November 17, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.2, up 0.2 from last week’s final rating.  Elsewhere, SUPERNATURAL gained 0.1 in final numbers, and YOUNG SHELDON lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGILIGHTS:  Basketball and football topped Thursday cable.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.27.2016

Posted September 28, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes for BULL or THIS IS US in final numbers.  However, THE VOICE gained 0.1, while SCREAM QUEENS lost the same, the latter pushing the show down to a truly awful 0.7.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.12.2016

Posted October 13, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  Some of last week’s dropping shows bounced back. 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 […]

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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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