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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “2 Broke Girls”

Posted May 8, 2012 by Mitch Salem

      With the spring decline of New Girl‘s ratings, 2 BROKE GIRLS became the only remaining breakout comedy hit of the 2011/12 broadcast season.  The truth is, it’s still not all that good.  Tonight’s season finale, written by co-creator/showrunner Michael Patrick King (the other co-creator, Whitney Cummings, famously had to drop down to […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 7.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted July 19, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun CLAIM TO FAME at 0.20, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD fell 0.17 to 0.51, THE FINAL STRAW dropped 0.08 to 0.34, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID was up 0.05 to 0.39. CBS:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.35/0.19/0.19, BIG BROTHER was down a tenth to 0.62. NBC:  WHO DO YOU THINK YOU […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.2.2019

Posted September 4, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DATELINE and the rerun THE BIG BANG THEORY lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was firmly on top of Monday cable at 1.65.  USA’s WWE […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through Second Sunday

Posted March 28, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the second Sunday of March Madness (the Regional Finals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages, and two games have been added to the TBS average. CBS is now averaging almost 6.9 million viewers 2+ for the tournament to date this year, up a […]

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Fall Pilots

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Bad Judge”

Posted August 2, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  BAD JUDGE:  Thursdays 9PM on NBC starting October 2 – Change the Channel PLAYERS:  Non-Writing Executive Producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay (and Anne Heche).  Star Kate Walsh.  Series creator Chad Kultgen (mostly a novelist–Jason Reitman’s new dramedy movie Men, Women & Children is based on his book–although he was also a writer on, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.3.2019

Posted May 4, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  A drop for LAST MAN STANDING. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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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THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FALL 2011/12 SUNDAY TV SCHEDULE

Posted May 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Sunday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ratings for each show; the capitalized titles are the new shows; and italics are for shows changing their time […]

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ShowBuzzDaily’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals: 9.5.2014

Posted September 8, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Friday:

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