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THE SKED: NBC Is Still Picking Up

Posted May 7, 2012 by Mitch Salem

      NBC’s early pick-up spree continued late today with orders for 2 more sitcoms in addition to the previously ordered Go On, Save Me and The New Normal. The more high-concept entry is 1600 PENN, a single camera family comedy from 20th Television whose twist is that the main characters are the First […]

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings 9.3.2014

Posted September 4, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings (adult 18-49 ratings for last night, the same night last year and same night last week). DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL The chart above goes beyond the adult 18-49 rating, adding other key advertiser sales demographics (adult 18-34 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares), and total viewership […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series: Week of 4.6-4.12.2020

Posted April 19, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Welcome to the Broadcast News & Late Night Series report, a weekly round-up of broadcast series that air outside primetime such as the 6:30 pm weeknight newscasts, the 7-9 am news and interview shows and the late night comedy series. Other weekly news and late night series such as Saturday Night Live and the Sunday […]

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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Suburgatory”

Posted October 6, 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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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.4.2016

Posted February 5, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    Not a banner night for the 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 adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.1.2020

Posted November 2, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  Football swamped the rest. 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 […]

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THE SKED THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/8/12

Posted March 9, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> AWAKE is getting sleepy. NBC:  A 20% drop from a series premiere isn’t ordinarily anything shocking or particularly worrisome.  But when you start with a 2.0 the way AWAKE did, that leaves you with a 1.6 in Week 2, and that makes Week 3, when the show will be facing fresh competition on both […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.30.2015

Posted July 1, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK RATINGS:  Note:  FOX’s WOMENS WORLD CUP telecast, once adjusted for time zones, began outside of primetime, running 6:41-9:11PM on the east.  The adjusted number is for the entire broadcast, not just the primetime portion reported this morning, and that puts it at 3.0.  In addition, BEAT THE CHAMPIONS, which followed the match on […]

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