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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 3.14-3.20.2022

Posted March 22, 2022 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 12: March 14-20, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

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THE SKED: “Up All Night,” “Whitney” and “The Playboy Club” Get Some News

Posted October 4, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> In a move that shows where NBC stands right now, the network has given back order pick-ups to UP ALL NIGHT (which had a 2.1 rating in 18-49s last week) and WHITNEY (with a 2.5).  It’s not clear whether these are the traditional 9-episode back orders.  The cynical among us may note that NBC […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 4.12.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted April 13, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY rose 0.09 to 0.54.  The season finale of ABBOTT ELEMENTARY climbed 0.08 to 0.57, and the penultimate BLACK-ISH was also up 0.08 to 0.43.  TO TELL THE TRUTH gained 0.03 to 0.31. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, FBI slipped 0.03 to 0.63, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.02 to […]

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SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through the First Thursday

Posted March 20, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

CBS had a terrific start to the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament with its two late games Thursday, right around 5.5 million viewers ages 2+.  These audience levels are among the best ratings for this day in recent years: the 7:00 pm game on CBS (#8-Cincinnati beating #9-Purdue 66-65 in OT in telecast 7 of the […]

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The Sked: The Importance of Game 2 in a 7-Game Series

Posted October 11, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> This afternoon and evening, FOX broadcast a thrilling playoff game which was tied 3-3 through the 11th inning, when Texas Ranger Nelson Cruz hit the first walk-off grand slam in MLB postseason history to defeat the Detroit Tigers 7-3.  Tonight TBS aired a rather ho-hum game in which the St Louis Cardinals led the […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 5.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted May 9, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a 2-week break, SHARK TANK dipped 0.02 to 0.46, and 20/20 ticked down to 0.30. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME dropped 0.06 to 0.19.  The season finale of MAGNUM PI was at 0.34, up 0.03 from last week, and down 0.07 from the 2021 finale.  The season finale of […]

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THE SKED: “Walking Dead” Devours Ratings Records

Posted October 17, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Frank Darabont who?  AMC returned THE WALKING DEAD to its schedule last night, and viewers were as ravenous for it as its monsters are for human flesh.  The show did an incredible 3.8 rating in 18-49s, outrating everything on network television except football.  That was up 25% from last season’s already-smash seaon finale, and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 6.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted June 2, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.21/0.21/0.16/0.21. CBS:  A LET’S MAKE A DEAL special was at 0.41, and a THE PRICE IS RIGHT special was at 0.52.  A SWAT rerun followed at 0.29. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.35/0.28. FOX:  MASTERCHEF rose 0.12 to 0.46, and SO YOU THINK  YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.09 to 0.34. […]

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