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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.20.2021

Posted March 23, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 0.83/1.08.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT and related programming occupied the Top 21 slots on Saturday cable, with TBS games at 0.95/0.78/0.61/0.55, TNT at 0.59/0.51/0.31/0.30, and Tru at 0.55/0.51/0.33.  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.22.2016

Posted August 23, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 bump for AMERICAN NINJA WARRIORS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast moved to the top of Monday cable at 1.29/1.27/1.18, compared to last week’s 1.08/1.01/0.94. VH1 was directly behind, with […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.25.2016

Posted November 29, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s airing of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, but HOW MURRAY SAVED CHRISTMAS and DATELINE each dropped 0.1 for NBC.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night after Thanksgiving was another lean evening for original cable programming. […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.31.2017

Posted September 1, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  Now that the NFL Preseason adjustments are out of the way, here’s how the broadcast networks performed last night. NBC:  THE WALL fell 0.3 to 0.5, with the same rating for a 9PM rerun special.  The season finale of THE NIGHT SHIFT (which felt like it could double as a […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.12.2014

Posted December 15, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): THE GOLD RUSH (Discovery) rounded up to tie SHARK TANK as the highest rated show on all of television Friday night, dropping 0.08 from last week to […]

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Republican National Convention Ratings: 2016 Night 2

Posted July 20, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The second night of the Republican National Convention declined to 19.4 million persons 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three cable networks in the 10-11 pm ET hour (from 22.5 million Monday) and now slightly below the comparable night in 2012 and 2008.   Viewing in the 25-54 sales demographic really suffered, falling to 5.7 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.23.2016

Posted January 26, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      Analysis to follow.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box. Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts: Saturday January 23, 2016 P18-49 P2+ Rank […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.17.2017

Posted October 18, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps in final numbers for  NCIS, THE VOICE and THIS IS US, while LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME and BLACK-ISH lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA regular season has begun, and it gave […]

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