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Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Posted August 6, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Top broadcast and cable programs this week and last.  Shark Week kicked off Sunday on Discovery with the mockumentary Megalodon: Monster Shark at 9:00 pm, which matched the 2.2 True Blood rating with Adults 18-49 on HBO at the same time.  NFL’s pre-season Hall of Fame Game on NBC, also on Sunday, was the top program of the week.  Not shown […]

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Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Standings

Posted August 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). NBC jumped to first place the week ending Sunday, thanks to the pre-season NFL Hall of Fame Game Sunday, while FOX tumbled to fourth place (from first last week) as original Hell’s Kitchen episodes were […]

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/4/13

Posted August 5, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  There’s everything else on television… and then there’s NFL football. NBC:  The preseason exhibition HALL OF FAME GAME is about as meaningless as any “NFL” game can be, but nonetheless it was the first sign of pro football since winter, and last night’s rating (currently at 3.5, which we estimate will rise to 3.8 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted August 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)   Golf was back in business this weekend with Tiger Woods running away with the WGC […]

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Top Cable & Broadcast Programs: The Week So Far

Posted August 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Top telecast rankings through Thursday.

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/1/13

Posted August 2, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Except for Big Brother, the dog days of summer have arrived in a big way. CBS:  BIG BROTHER held last week’s 2.5 rating.  As usual, THE BIG BANG THEORY towered over the night’s other reruns, this week with a 2.1–a number many sitcoms would be happy to get with a first-run episode. ABC:  WIPEOUT got […]

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The Sked: THURSDAY Rating Chart

Posted August 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Thursday ratings: last night, last year and last week.  

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THE SKED: Tues-Wed Cable Ratings Scorecard – 7/30-31

Posted August 1, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  TUESDAY TNT:  RIZZOLI & ISLES dipped a bit, down 150,000 total viewers to 5.3M and down 0.1 in the 18-49 demo to 1.0, and PERCEPTION followed suit, down by just about the same margins to 3.4M total viewers and 0.7 in the demo. USA:  The numbers for SUITS and to a lesser extent COVERT […]

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