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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 4/22/12

Posted April 24, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> VEEP, properly enough, was #2 on HBO’s Sunday ticket. HBO:  VEEP premiered with a fairly strong 0.6 in 18-49s on its initial Sunday airing, plus another .14 for its repeat later that night (remember, HBO ratings reflect only 25% of US households, so they’re 4x as strong as they look).  That was, not unexpectedly, […]

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The Sked: Wednesday Week 7 — Time to Strip The Voice

Posted November 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

NBC upended last night with a Voice episode displaced by the Election Night coverage, powering NBC to a winning 3.2 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm and pushing Chicago Fire to a season high.  ABC appears to be back on track after last Wednesday’s Halloween-depressed ratings, while FOX was unable to shake off the Halloween blues (The Voice once again […]

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THE SKED: A Word About Put Pilots

Posted August 31, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The network development season for shows that would go to series in 2012-13 is in full gear, and that means an avalanche of press releases and trade reports that describe many of the deals as “put pilots.”  In recent weeks, Stephen Gaghan, Josh Friedman, Sarah Silverman, Shawn Ryan, Ryan Reynolds, and Greg Berlanti are […]

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/12/13

Posted February 13, 2013 by Mitch Salem

Thanks to the State of the Union Address, there was virtually no original programming on the broadcast networks last night. ABC:  You’d think things were set up perfectly for THE TASTE to overperform, with nothing but reruns against it in the pre-speech 8PM slot, but it only managed to tie CBS for the hour, falling […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.23.2015

Posted August 25, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The FOX PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (St. Louis vs. Tenn) adjusted to 1.7.  After NFL overruns were removed, the whole CBS line-up came down, 60 MINUTES by 0.3 and BIG BROTHER as well as the reruns of MADAM SECRETARY and CSI: CYBER by 0.2 each.  The HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT rerun lost 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.30.2014

Posted December 1, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  Even at the end of Thanksgiving weekend, viewers weren’t enthused about returning to their TVs. 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 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 5.22-5.28.2023

Posted May 31, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday May 22 through Sunday May 28, 2023. 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: SATURDAY Ratings 11.22.2014

Posted November 23, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

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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