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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 10.20.2015

Posted October 21, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers gave 0.1 bumps to NCIS, LIMITLESS, and THE VOICE, but CHICAGO FIRE lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MLB PLAYOFFS continued to be lopsided as between the Mets/Cubs National League games on TBS (2.71 last night) and the Royals/Blue Jays on Fox Sports […]

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THE SKED’s Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Tuesday

Posted May 21, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Our soothsaying group of former NBC head of Scheduling Mitch Metcalf, longtime head of NBC Current Programming Ted Frank and myself is continuing to set out instant, perhaps foolhardy predictions of what next fall’s primetime ratings will be.  Yesterday we covered Monday, and appropriately enough, it’s now time for a look at a Tuesday […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.1.2020

Posted December 3, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE, TRANSPLANT, THE BACHELORETTE and the FBI: MOST WANTED, COSMOS and WEAKEST LINK reruns all gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL led Tuesday cable at 0.59/0.58, and the network’s CFP RANKINGS SHOW […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.19.2016

Posted June 21, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  Game 7 of the NBA FINALS adjusted to 11.3 (although the mini-JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE didn’t benefit from the huge game rating, adjusting down to 1.1).  In addition, note that the 1.1 rating for FOX’s US OPEN coverage includes the entire telecast from 11AM, not just the primetime portion.  Beyond that, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.5.2014

Posted December 8, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  GRIMM gained 0.1 in final numbers (but CONSTANTINE didn’t).  In addition, the PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME adjusted up by 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): GOLD RUSH (Discovery) had a robust 0.33 jump from last week to 1.54 to remain […]

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THE SKED: “American Dad” Moves to TBS

Posted July 16, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  TBS has done extremely well with off-network reruns of Family Guy, and now it’s getting into the Seth MacFarlane business in a bigger way.  After the upcoming 2013-14 broadcast season, his AMERICAN DAD will move to cable, with 15 episodes ordered (its affiliated Adult Swim will air the new TBS episodes after their premieres […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.15.2020

Posted August 18, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB baseball coverage adjusted to 0.2 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.29.  Discovery’s Shark Week continued with SHARKS GONE WILD at 0.24, SHARKS OF GHOST ISLAND at […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.4.2020

Posted July 5, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  The MACY’S 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR dropped 0.2 from the 2019 edition (on a Thursday) to 0.7.  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 […]

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