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Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Posted September 4, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Top programs of the week on cable and broadcast networks:  

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 8.30-9.5.2021

Posted September 8, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday August 30 through Sunday September 5, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

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Weekly Cable and Broadcast Rankings

Posted May 14, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated broadcast and cable programs for the week ending Sunday (and the previous week for comparison).

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.14.2019

Posted October 15, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  Note:  MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL local preemptions may lead to adjustments for ABC and FOX. 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 […]

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NIELSENWAR: The Value of a Super Bowl, and Midseason, Part I

Posted February 3, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Everyone knows that the Super Bowl is by far the highest rated show of each season, but what does it mean for a network’s big picture?  Here were the season-to-date averages for the broadcast networks as of a week ago: NBC:  2.47 FOX:  2.11 CBS:  2.07 ABC:  1.67 CW:   0.54 And here are the […]

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THE SKED PILOT REPORTS: The CW’s “Ringer”

Posted July 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques shouldn’t be taken as full TV pilot reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 7/10/14

Posted July 11, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was no change for the NBC sitcoms.  BIG BROTHER, however, climbed 0.1 to an even higher 2.1.  GANG RELATED slipped 0.1 to 0.7, and the CW reruns were both down 0.1. THURSDAY CABLE:  The cable night was all about Pawn and History Channel, as the 2 half-hours of PAWN STARS were […]

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Semifinals Begin

Posted July 9, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings for Tuesday’s annihilation of Brazil at the hands of Germany in the first of two semi-final matches was a rather ho-hum 5.1 million viewers 2+ on ESPN (ranking #12 of 60 matches so far in the 2014 World Cup and slightly below the Knockout Stage average so far).  The adult 18-49 and men 18-49 rating […]

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