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THE SKED: No Happy Ending For “The Client List”

Posted November 2, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Lifetime’s cancellation of THE CLIENT LIST after two seasons is unusual enough to be worthy of some note. Here’s the thing:  Client List was still, despite some ratings dip in Season 2, a clear success for Lifetime, running at about 2M viewers and 0.7 in 18-49s.  Bidding it adieu was hardly an obvious move, […]

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Midseason Pilots

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Friends With Better Lives”

Posted March 31, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES – Monday 8:30PM on CBS (Preview Tonight at 9PM) – If Nothing Else Is On… FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES is a CBS comedy of the post-2 Broke Girls era, which is to say that while a thoroughly conventional multi-camera sitcom in many ways (it’s even directed by the dean of […]

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Sunday Fast-Affiliate Nationals Planned Delay

Posted April 26, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Fast affiliate-based nationals for Sunday 4.25.2021 will not be available at the normal time (Monday 8am PT / 11am ET). The revised delivery time is approximately 11am PT / 2pm ET. Audiences for major events that are live to all time zones (such as Super Bowl, AFC or NFC Championship, Olympics, Oscars, Grammys and Golden […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.12.2019

Posted June 13, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  Hockey’s Game 7 dominated the night. 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 and […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.17.2018

Posted December 18, 2018 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, THE VOICE, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and the rerun 9-1-1 all lost 0.1.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.95, up 0.49 from last week’s game.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.93/0.87/0.78, compared […]

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The Sked: Cable Ratings August 14-20

Posted August 21, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

HBO’s True Blood hit a 2.8 rating with Adults 18-49 Sunday, almost working its way back to the season high (the 2.9 rating for the premiere episode on June 10). And VH1’s Love and Hip Hop Atlanta ended its season on a high note, matching the season high of a 2.0 rating, last seen on July 23.   ESPN’s Monday […]

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Broadcast Network Rankings through December 23

Posted December 27, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week  ending Sunday (December 16-23, 2012), NBC is back in first place with a 2.48 rating in prime time, a very good rating for the third week of December.  Two and a half hours of The Voice (4.2 rating on Monday and 4.9 for the finale on Tuesday) and Sunday Night Football game (a […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.3.2021

Posted June 4, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Thursday June 3, 2021 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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