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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.22.2020

Posted May 23, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  Not a lot of offerings. 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 the […]

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UPDATED:SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.18.2016

Posted February 19, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  There was some welcome news for ABC in final numbers, as both SCANDAL and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER gained 0.1 (although each was still down 0.3 from last week).  In addition, THE BIG BANG THEORY had its customary 0.1 bump. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted May 5, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 3 and Sunday May 4, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   Triple Crown: Kentucky Derby Saturday 4.0 rating NBC 4:30-5:00 pm (-2% from 4.1 last year; […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 10.5.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted October 6, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dipped 0.05 to 0.46, THE GOLDBERGS was steady at 0.36, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY edged up 0.02 to 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.02 to 0.32.  BIG SKY gained 0.05 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.14 to 0.80, but the premiere of THE REAL LOVE BOAT didn’t do much to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.28.2020

Posted January 29, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THIS IS US gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the series finale of ARROW lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Note that because the pilot for TBS’s MIRACLE WORKERS aired as a “sneak peek” after the SAG AWARDS, […]

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/15/13

Posted July 16, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  A likely winner last night was on ESPN, the MLB HOME RUN DERBY.  Ratings for cable won’t be available until around 1 pm PT, but last year’s Derby hit a 2.7 rating with adults 18-49. CBS:  UNDER THE DOME has now diverged quite a bit from Stephen King’s original novel, not always to good effect, but the […]

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NIELSENWAR: The Emmy Nominations – Some Thoughts

Posted July 16, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  With the overwhelming amount of quality television these days available on various platforms, the Emmy nominators (of which I’m one, in certain categories) weren’t going to get it all right.  (A full list of nominees is here.)   There were omissions aplenty–The Americans and The Knick on the drama side, to name just two, and […]

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The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — TUESDAY Night

Posted May 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Tuesdays this fall look like another win for CBS.  Last fall, FOX battled CBS to a draw on Tuesdays, partly because New Girl started at a smash-hit pace, then CBS moved ahead in the spring.  But with Glee moving off the night to create a Tuesday block of four half-hour comedies, and with heavy new comedy competition for the […]

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