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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.27.2014

Posted November 28, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  Most Americans relaxed after their turkey by watching a pigskin. 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 […]

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THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FALL 2011/12 THURSDAY TV SCHEDULE

Posted May 13, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Thursday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ratings for each show; the capitalized titles are the new shows; and italics are for shows changing their time […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 6.5-6.11.2023

Posted June 13, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 24: June 5-11, 2023 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted December 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 30 and Sunday December 1, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   College Football Week 14: Top National Games Saturday Games 8.6 rating CBS 3:30 #1-Alabama at #4-Auburn […]

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UPDATED WITH ANALYSIS: NIELSENWAR: The FOX Fall 2017 Schedule

Posted May 15, 2017 by Mitch Salem

See our commentary on the NBC fall schedule here. FOX had a terrible 2016-17 season (blurred a bit by airing the Super Bowl and a historic World Series).  The closest thing it had to a new hit was Lethal Weapon, and it watched in horror as Empire plunged in the ratings with unprecedented speed.  The network’s fall schedule […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.10.2019

Posted September 11, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE was steady at 1.1, followed by reruns at 0.4/0.3. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT lost 0.1 to 1.4, and BRING THE FUNNY was steady at 0.7. FOX:  After a rerun of THE RESIDENT at 0.4, the season finale of FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE was up 0.1 to […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 7.30-31.2016

Posted August 2, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 30-31, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size.  [Chart now updated with TNT’s early day coverage of the PGA Championship.]   For comparison, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 3.14.2015

Posted March 17, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s college basketball conference tournament coverage took up all of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with the ACC leading the way with 1.17.  (Other tournaments on ESPN2 and FS1 also made the chart.)  4 […]

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