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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.20.2020

Posted February 21, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  Small shifts. 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 follow the chart. […]

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THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/19/11

Posted October 20, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The arrival of the World Series meant remarkably little to the other networks last night. FOX:  Last night’s was the lowest rated non-Saturday Game 1 in history, and basically did the same rating for FOX as X Factor has been getting on Wednesdays all season.  If there’s to be any upside for the network […]

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/24/12

Posted July 25, 2012 by Mitch Salem

Don’t trust ABC with your life. ABC:  The network’s semi-improvised comedy TRUST US WITH YOUR LIFE plummeted even from its awful premiere numbers, scoring 0.6 in both of its half-hours–that was below the sitcom reruns that ran in the 8PM hour.  NY MED was also down, although less steeply, to 1.1. FOX:  Cooking reigns supreme, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.13.2017

Posted December 14, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SPEECHLESS and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart         CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Wednesday cable at 0.67/0.63.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW crashed by 0.26 to 0.50.  On History, VIKINGS dropped 0.07 to 0.50, and […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.30.2020

Posted July 1, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM rerun of MODERN FAMILY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News dominated Tuesday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.35/0.57/4.2M, and with CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.29/0.45/2M and MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.14.2015

Posted April 15, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  Some veterans looked a bit shaky last night. 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 and […]

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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: One More CBS Pick-Up

Posted May 22, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  The booze had been drunk, the party rooms cleaned up, everyone had gone home from last week’s network Upfront presentations–but CBS wasn’t quite done.  After what must have been marathon negotiations with Sony Television (which had an arduous few weeks that also included tough talks with NBC over its pick-ups), CBS has ordered the […]

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: Free Agents”

Posted September 22, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

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