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THE SKED: Night Falls Swiftly For “Monday Mornings”

Posted February 5, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Cable didn’t prove the cure for David E. Kelley’s recent ratings ills.  The debut of MONDAY MORNINGS only managed an anemic 1.34M viewers last night, about 40% of what the premiere for FX’s The Americans scored last week.  TNT didn’t even release 18-49 numbers, which should tell you all you need to know about […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.30.2018

Posted December 1, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

  Unless otherwise noted, comparisons are to 2 weeks ago. 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). […]

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THE SKED Pilot Review: NBC’s “Sean Saves the World”

Posted October 4, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  SEAN SAVES THE WORLD:  Thursday 9PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… This is the kind of sitcom SEAN SAVES THE WORLD is.  A co-worker of Sean (Sean Hayes), Liz (Megan Hilty), walks into his office already talking, not realizing that he’s actually on speakerphone with their new boss.  When she’s called […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.5.2019

Posted July 6, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

  The holiday drought of original programming continued. 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 […]

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: ABC’S “Man Up” – PREMIERING TONIGHT

Posted October 18, 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 reviews, but rather as a guide to the general style and content of the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.19.2020

Posted February 20, 2020 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 2.1, and the CHICAGO MED rerun adjusted down to 0.7.  Elsewhere, THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The MSNBC portion of the DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE was […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.21.2018

Posted November 22, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

  Viewers flocked to a classic. 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 comparisons […]

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THE SKED: The Clock Runs Down for “Zero Hour”

Posted March 1, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  It looks like we’ll never find out what that creepy Damien-like kid was doing with the genetically mutated assassin (or who Amy Irving was supposed to be), let alone what Albert Einstein’s translated final equations were talking about.  After three horribly rated episodes, including a 1.0 this week, ABC has yanked ZERO HOUR from […]

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