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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.28.2020

Posted March 31, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of NCIS: LA gained 0.1 in final numbers, and 48 HOURS lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The top-rated Saturday news hour was 1PM, with CNN NEWSROOM at 0.42/0.62/2.2M, Fox News at 0.36/054/3M, and MSNBC at […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.11.2016

Posted February 12, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Two smackdowns topped Thursday cable, but it was USA’s WWE match that prevailed, down a tenth to 0.75 (and followed by a steady 0.39 for COLONY).  Wrestling edged out CNN’s coverage of the PBS DEMOCRATIC DEBATE […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.15.2016

Posted April 18, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NOTE TO READERS:  For the remainder of this week, text and responses to Comment requests will be delayed, likely to the night after the Top 150 charts have been posted.   NETWORK FINALS:  Since there was no text this morning, a bit more detail on the network ratings: NBC:  All ratings […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.25.2017

Posted March 28, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 9PM hour of 48 HOURS rose 0.1 in final numbers, and DESPICABLE ME 2 fell the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Saturday cable belonged to TBS and its Elite 8 NCAA TOURNAMENT games at 2.78/1.72.  The higher-rated late […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.25.2017

Posted May 26, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  RUNNING WILD gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game scored the Thursday cable win at 2.19, and the network aired a “sneak peek” of its new series CLAWS after the game at 0.45. […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.20.2019

Posted January 23, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

          NETWORK FINALS:  The AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game adjusted to 16.3.  In addition, CHARMED lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Adult Swim’s TIGTONE led scripted at 0.34/0.28, compared to last week’s 0.31/0.28.  On HBO, TRUE DETECTIVE was at 0.29 compared […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.21.2019

Posted February 22, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SWAT and THE ORVILLE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while YOUNG SHELDON and the rerun of CHARMED lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Showtime’s DESUS & MERO arrived at 0.08.  Note that at this time we have no […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.30.2019

Posted July 31, 2019 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun HOLEY MOLEY lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE led Tuesday cable, but comparing it to the first night of June’s debates is somewhat misleading, because the June telecast included NBC […]

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