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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Game of Thrones”

Posted April 2, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> GAME OF THRONES:  Sundays 9PM on HBO Bend the knee, everyone:  GAME OF THRONES is back. WHERE WE WERE:  Reeling from the decapitation of Eddard Stark, who until the loss of his head had seemed to be the stalwart hero of the entire saga.  It was sociopathic teenage King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson), supposedly the […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 7.16.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted July 19, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS:  The season finale of NBC’s TRANSPLANT gained 0.02 to 0.13, followed by TRACK & FIELD at 0.23.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.32.  CW’s MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.05.  Univision’s PARTIDO AMISTOSO was at 0.33.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s original movie CAMPFIRE CHRISTMAS was […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 1.11-1.17.2021

Posted January 20, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 11 through Sunday January 17, 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. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 5.6.2017

Posted May 7, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), 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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Black-ish”

Posted May 13, 2014 by Mitch Salem

    BLACK-ISH:  Wednesday 9:30PM on ABC THE FACTS:  Anthony Anderson plays the head of an African-American family that lives a prosperous life in a mostly white neighborhood, and he tries to hold onto some part of his culture even though his assimilated kids, wife and father mostly couldn’t care less.  The series creator is […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.9.2016

Posted October 10, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  Broadcast coverage of the 2d PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE was down from Round 1, but the fracas was also covered on only 3 of the major networks. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), 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 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.26.2014

Posted October 27, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  There’s not much doubt about which sport Americans consider their national pastime. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), 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 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.28.2017

Posted May 1, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the Friday preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Friday cable was once again sports-heavy.  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS games sandwiched the NFL DRAFT coverage shared between the mothership network, ESPN2, and NFL Network.  The NBA […]

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