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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.26.2020

Posted September 29, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.8, and NBC’s STANLEY CUP game adjusted to 0.7  In addition, CBS’s BULL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was dominant at 1.85.  ESPN’s COLLEGE […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK WEEKEND SCORECARD – 8/3-4/14

Posted August 5, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  SATURDAY NETWORK:  Not even the tiny number of CROSSBONES fans who watched on Fridays followed the show to Saturday for its finale, which was at a pathetic 0.2/0.2 for its 2 hours. SATURDAY CABLE:  The POWER season finale did extremely well for Starz at 0.52 (plus another 0.16 for the 10PM re-airing), particularly strong when […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 11.12.2014

Posted November 13, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  MODERN FAMILY gained 0.1 and THE 100 lost 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): AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW (FX) dominated Wednesday cable, despite falling 0.34 from last week to 1.77.  SOUTH PARK (Comedy) lost […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.15.2017

Posted May 16, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  DANCING WITH THE STARS and the season finale of MAN WITH A PLAN rose 0.1 in final numbers         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Game 7 of the Boston vs. Washington NFL PLAYOFFS gave TNT a resounding win for the night […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.11.2019

Posted February 12, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR and ARROW gained 0.1 in final numbers, while MAN WITH A PLAN lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart       CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.91/0.83/0.77, compared to last week’s 0.89/0.85/0.75.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP was […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.19.2019

Posted June 20, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  In an odd turn (possibly caused by sports preemption?), the entire ABC line-up–PRESS YOUR LUCK, CARD SHARKS and MATCH GAME lost 0.1 in final numbers.  There were no changes to the early ratings for any other network.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 12.25.2014

Posted December 30, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The Christmas Night rerun of THE BIG BANG THEORY 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): Christmas cable was all about NBA BASKETB ALL on TNT and ESPN, with TNT’s primetime game at 1.56, the […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.29.2015

Posted March 31, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for the NCAA TOURNAMENT runover, 60 MINUTES fell by 0.5 to 2.3, MADAM SECRETARY by 0.3 to 1.4, and THE GOOD WIFE by 0.1 to 1.0.  The other networks were unchanged from preliminary numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated […]

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