2014-15 TV Season

THE SKED Fall Pilot Report: NBC’s “Constantine”

Posted August 25, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  CONSTANTINE:  Friday 10PM on NBC starting October 24 – If Nothing Else is On… (but also Incomplete) PLAYERS:  DC Comics.  Series creators Daniel Cerrone (a showrunner, although not creator, of Dexter) and David S. Goyer (of DaVinci’s Demons and the Dark Knight movies).  Pilot director Neil Marshall, who’s best known for directing the “Blackwater” episode […]

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THE SKED: The (Last) Return of “Entourage” and Cable Sundays

Posted July 25, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> On summer Sunday nights, the 4 broadcast networks air a grand total of zero hours of original scripted programming; instead, viewers get a strict diet of animated repeats (FOX) and unscripted series like Big Brother (CBS), America’s Got Talent (NBC) and The Bachelorette (ABC).  Looking at the schedule, one would assume that there’s no […]

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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 6.6.2020

Posted June 7, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). The bad news in this case: very few […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.18.2015

Posted March 19, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX has asked that the ratings for EMPIRE be counted as two separate hours, and that gives them adjusted numbers of 6.1 for 8-9PM, and 6.9 for 9-10PM, with an astonishing 7.2 for the show’s final 15 minutes.  (The overall 2-hour average is 6.5, up 0.1 from the morning ratings.)  On CW, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.10.2019

Posted October 11, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY and EVIL each gained 0.1 in final numbers.  THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.8, up 0.4 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s MLB PLAYOFFS game led Thursday cable at 0.88.  NFL Network’s […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 5.13.2015

Posted May 14, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SURVIVOR, SVU and the season finales of AMERICAN IDOL and THE MIDDLE rose 0.1 in final numbers.  However, SUPERNATURAL, BLACK-ISH and the season finale of NASHVILLE each lost a tenth. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS doubleheader once again topped the night at 2.07/1.49, and NBC Sports Net’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was next […]

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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 5.1.2021

Posted May 2, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

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). Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 6.24.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted June 27, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s USFL game was at 0.14.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.33.  On CW, TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was at 0.03/0.02 compared to last week’s 0.02/0.02.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE WORLD SERIES game was at 0.55, and UFC PRELIMS was at 0.21.  Fox Sports […]

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