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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.13.2017

Posted November 14, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Football adjustment took DANCING WITH THE STARS down 0.1, but THE GOOD DOCTOR was untouched.  Elsewhere, KEVIN CAN WAIT, THE VOICE and THE GIFTED gained 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL dropped […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.25.2015

Posted October 27, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 7.6, down 0.6 from last week’s final rating.  Both THE SIMPSONS and THE LAST MAN ON EARTH went up 0.1 in final numbers, as did THE GOOD WIFE. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  THE WALKING DEAD climbed 0.52 from last week […]

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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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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.11.2019

Posted October 14, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s NLCS MLB PLAYOFFS game dominated Friday cable at 1.13.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was at 0.54.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH returned at 0.48, with a lead-in hour at […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.9.2016

Posted September 12, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that because the STAND UP TO CANCER special aired without commercials, Nielsen didn’t include it in final numbers.  Beyond that, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cinemax’s QUARRY premiered at a lackluster 0.06.  The […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.8.2017

Posted July 9, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  The burn-off fire grew larger, but not brighter. 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 follows […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.21.2015

Posted June 23, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The US OPEN adjusted up by 0.2 to 1.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS received a 0.1 bump. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s TRUE DETECTIVE grew impressively during the course of its first season, and it picked up almost where it had left off, with a 1.42 rating compared […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.15.2015

Posted October 16, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 4.9, down 0.1 from last week’s game.  In addition, there were 0.1 bumps for GREY’S ANATOMY and SCANDAL in final numbers (but HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER stayed put).     Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  For once, the NFL Network slice of […]

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