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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.12.2017

Posted February 14, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GRAMMY AWARDS held the time-zone adjusted 7.8 from late yesterday, and the RED CARPET LIVE pre-show ended up at 2.1 after adjustment.  In addition, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and DATELINE lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.25.2020

Posted July 28, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s MLB BASEBALL game gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC coverage led Saturday cable at 0.35/0.15, and an afternoon WNBA game was at 0.13.  Adult Swim’s line-up performed as follows:  DRAGON BALL at 0.07/211K […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.22.2017

Posted May 23, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the JANE THE VIRGIN season finale lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game led Monday cable at 2.05, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SUNDAY SCORECARD – 7/27/14

Posted July 29, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers. SUNDAY CA BLE:  Historical dramas usually skew old, and that was certainly the case with WGN America’s new MANHATTAN, which debuted with a mere 0.18 in 18-49s, although it had a bit more than 900K total viewers–not that that number is great, either.  (Those ratings go […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 9.13.2014

Posted September 16, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  Ratings for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Saturday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): SATURDAY CABLE was dominated by college football, which will be the case for most of the fall.  Note that Lifetime’s backdoor pilot DELIVERANCE CREEK had a 0.27 rating in 18-49s, with 926K total viewers.  That was down […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 10.12.2014

Posted October 14, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ONCE UPON A TIME and RESURRECTION both received extra 0.1s in final Sunday numbers, as did MADAM SECRETARY and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.6, 0.8 below last week’s game. Ratings in key demos  for the Top 25 original cable telecasts Sunday (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): There […]

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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR Full Season Network Report Cards: NBC

Posted May 9, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  Has there ever been a #1 network as screwed up as this year’s edition of NBC? Full Season To Date (through May 3) 18-49 Rating Average:  2.04 (#1), Down 13.7% From Last Season Season Grade:  D+ What Happened:  Sunday:  NBC is at the top of the broadcast networks for one and a half reasons.  […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.28.2015

Posted July 29, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  Perhaps yesterday’s lion-slaying story helped the animals-on-the-march thriller ZOO. 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). Ratings analysis […]

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