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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 12.27.2014

Posted December 30, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  College sports controlled 5 of the top 6 slots on Saturday cable, with ESPN’s COLLEGE BOWL games led by the primetime game at 1.72, with afternoon games at 0.92 and 0.63, and COLLEGE BASKETBALL on ESPN2 at 1.08 and 0.41.  (Plus another college basketball game at 0.33.)  The sports was broken up by a […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.3.2015

Posted April 4, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  With SHARK TANK in reruns, nothing on network TV topped a 1.3 rating. 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 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.3.2015

Posted July 7, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The rerun of DATELINE lost 0.1, and the rerun of BLUE BLOODS gained 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE retained its Friday cable crown, although on the slow pre-holiday night it was down 0.17 to 0.80, with CATCHING MONSTERS down 0.05 to 0.34.  Lots of family shows and sports hit […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.10.2017

Posted November 13, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary numbers for Friday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH took the Friday cable title with a 0.05 bump to 0.79, with lead-out FINDING ESCOBAR’S MILLIONS up 0.05 to 0.40.  ESPN’s NBA […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.3.2019

Posted February 5, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE SUPER BOWL adjusted to 31.0, down 2.4 from 2018’s final number.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As usual, there were few alternatives on Super Bowl Sunday.  Animal Planet’s PUPPY BOWL fell a sharp 0.39 from last year’s edition to […]

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THE SKED MIDSEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Community”

Posted March 4, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> COMMUNITY returns to the NBC schedule at 8PM on Thursday, March 15. WHERE WE WERE:  Greendale Community College, of course!  Where the school mascot is a Human Being and the Dean (Jim Rash) is to be seen in outfits intended for any and all genders and species, a place of air conditioning repair secret-police […]

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS May 30

Posted May 31, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

With the NBA conference finals continuing last night and History’s hit mini-series Hatfields & McCoys ending its short run last night, the best the broadcast networks could muster was a 2.6 Adult 18-49 rating for FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance (up a bit from Thursday’s 2.4-rated premiere).  Last year on Wednesday, June 1, the comparable episode of SYTYCD scored […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.2.2017

Posted July 5, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD continued its decline, down 0.13 to a new low 0.83, with TALKING DEAD (which aired at 11PM last week after PREACHER) up 0.05 […]

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