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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.3.2016

Posted April 5, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s an awfully high-class problem to complain about a 6.92 rating, higher than any regular programming on cable or broadcast television that isn’t football.  Still, it may […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.23.2018

Posted July 24, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of MOM gained 0.1 in final numbers, while THE PROPOSAL lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP led Monday cable, up 0.03 to 1.05.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.93/0.93/0.91, compared to last […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.25.2015

Posted July 28, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT climbed 0.2 in final numbers to 1.1.  However, the premiere of BOSTON EMS and the reruns of BATTLEBOTS and NCIS: LA each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The top Saturday cable “original” actually doesn’t appear on the chart because technically it was a rerun, but as we’ve been reminded by […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 3.14.2015

Posted March 17, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s college basketball conference tournament coverage took up all of the Top 5 slots on Saturday cable, with the ACC leading the way with 1.17.  (Other tournaments on ESPN2 and FS1 also made the chart.)  4 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.13.2018

Posted June 14, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The SHARK TANK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, up 0.05 to 0.54.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC slipped 0.02 to 0.47.  Fox News’s HANNITY was the #3 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.4.2015

Posted August 5, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NOTE TO READERS:  This week, afternoon charts will be posted initially in raw form, and will be updated to full format later in the day.  The Top 40 chart is now in its normal format. NETWORK UPDATE:  It was AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT’s turn to swap 0.1s in final numbers, the […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.8.2015

Posted August 11, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only adjustments from preliminary numbers were for reruns:  an 0.1 bump  for RUNNING WILD, and 0.1 decreases for HAWAII 5-0 and HOME FREE. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As we’ve noted before, we’re relying on readers telling us that the anime shows running on Adult Swim are originals in their current versions (although in some cases the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.26.2019

Posted February 27, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FBI gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the season finale of THE GIFTED went out on a sour note, down 0.1 to 0.4         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Wednesday cable by a sliver, up a tick […]

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