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THE HUNGER GAMES, MAD MEN and Marketing Restraint (Pop Culture Apocalypse Minus 7)

Posted March 16, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> The eagerly-awaited Season 5 of the most honored series on television, an interminable 17 months in the making, contents itself with a single enigmatic image:  Don Draper staring into a department store window, his reflected gaze held by two mannequins, one a naked female, her dress at her feet, the other a seated man […]

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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Trailer – “Sean Saves the World”

Posted May 13, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Another sitcom for NBC’s new “we wouldn’t be edgy if you begged us” Thursday night comedy line-up, as Sean Hayes returns to what’s now “Might-Watch TV” with SEAN SAVES THE WORLD.  Well, let’s give Sean this much:  as gay family sitcoms go, it looks better than The New Normal.  And Hayes seems to have […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.3.2021

Posted May 4, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for 9-1-1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.57/0.54/0.47 compared to last week’s 0.50/0.49/0.47, and MIZ & MRS was down 0.02 to 0.22.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series 7.4-7.10.2022

Posted July 12, 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 28: July 4-10, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 7.11-7.17.2022

Posted July 19, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday July 11 through Sunday July 17, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.21.2020

Posted February 24, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.58/0.49/0.32, compared to last week’s 0.39/0.33/0.22.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.03 to 0.56, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.28.  […]

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The Sked: Big Apology without Remorse Fails to Jump Start OWN

Posted January 18, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Lance Armstrong (as calculating, cautious and conniving as ever) appeared with Oprah Winfrey Thursday night on the struggling OWN network in a much-hyped and relatively little-watched interview. The 90-minute part one of Lance Armstrong on Oprah’s Next Chapter at 9:00 pm scored a 1.2 rating with adults 18-49 and averaged 3.2 million viewers of any age.  The […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 7/8/14

Posted July 9, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  NETWORK UPDATE:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS gained 0.1 of poundage in final numbers.  However, both the CW reruns dropped by 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  Germany’s demolition of Brazil in the World Cup semifinals (ESPN) was the day’s easy winner at 1.9, as detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post.  FINDING CARTER (MTV) debuted fairly well with […]

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