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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.10.2014

Posted October 11, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  CRISTELA had a fair start. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Friday, 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 comparisons follow […]

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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/18/13

Posted January 19, 2013 by Mitch Salem

Fringe moves on to another universe. FOX:  After years of lousy ratings, it would have been unrealistic to expect FRINGE to suddenly grow an audience at the last minute, and it didn’t:  the two-hour finale had a 1.0, which was up 0.2 from last week, but barely managed to beat one other network in one […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.26.2017

Posted March 28, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun, 60 MINUTES went down 0.2 to 2.5.  Elsewhere, FAMILY GUY, the 7:30PM BOB’S BURGERS, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the LITTLE BIG SHOTS rerun all lost 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 10.5-6.2014

Posted October 6, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 5, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. NFL: Week 5 [# of metered markets / % of USA for each game] Sunday 12.8 […]

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Up All Night”

Posted April 13, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Some shows find their creative voices during the course of their first season–but even after a super-sized order of 24 episodes that ended last night, UP ALL NIGHT is still floundering. On paper, Up All Night seemed to have everything going for it.  Its Executive Producer/godfather was Lorne Michaels, and it was created by […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 4.18.2015

Posted April 21, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It didn’t hit the preliminary list, but ORPHAN BLACK premiered on Saturday everywhere AMC Networks has a footprint.  Last year, airing only on BBC America (which at that time wasn’t part of AMC), it had a […]

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The Sked: Friday #2 of the Season

Posted October 6, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The second Friday of the new season was down 16% in the fast nationals from last year (4.7 rating with Adults 18-49 TOTAL for the four broadcast network versus 5.6 the same night in 2011). It’s pretty much a disaster for CBS and FOX on this night.  CBS has plunged 31% on the night from […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.22.2019

Posted July 23, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes to the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a big night for USA’s WWE coverage, which was at 1.17/1.13/1.11, compared to last week’s 0.83/0.83/0.74, and followed by a “sneak peek” of the […]

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