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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.17.2016

Posted August 18, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage stayed steady with the preliminary 5.8, and there were no other adjustments in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo took Wednesday cable with 0.61 for REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC at 0.61, although that lead-in didn’t do […]

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UPDATED CHARTS: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.16.2016

Posted August 17, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 to 6.9 in final numbers.  In addition, the MADTV rerun lost 0.1.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, up 0.01 from last week to 0.82. OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS slipped 0.06 to 0.79.  On Freeform, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS lost […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.15.2016

Posted August 16, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers to 7.0.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s Hollywood edition of LOVE & HIP-HOP returned at 1.25, 0.07 ahead of last week’s Atlanta finale, and it was followed by 0.98 for a special VH1 LIVE, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.14.2016

Posted August 16, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers to 7.9.  In addition, the entire ABC line-up was down:  the AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun by 0.3, and each of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD, THE $100,000 PYRAMID and MATCH GAME by 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.13.2016

Posted August 16, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained half a point to 6.8 in final numbers.  ABC’s finals were a mess, presumably because of local sports preemptions:  LAST MAN STANDING and DR KEN were each down 0.3 to 0.3/0.2, 20/20 fell 0.2 to 0.3, and BOSTON EMS was down 0.1 to 0.3.  In addition, FOX’s HOTEL […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.12.2016

Posted August 15, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage adjusted up 0.1 in final numbers, but FOX’s baseball game lost the same.  Local preseason NFL preemptions may have caused some of the other shifts:  on ABC, the SHARK TANK rerun and 20/20 each lost 0.2, and WHAT WOULD YOU DO was down 0.3; on CBS, the reruns of […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.11.2016

Posted August 12, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.2 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, as expected there were plenty of adjustments due to local NFL preemptions.  On ABC, both BATTLEBOTS and $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.2, and MATCH GAME was down 0.1.  On CBS, BIG BROTHER lost 0.1, and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY, LIFE […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.10.2016

Posted August 11, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

          NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers.              Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS coverage was at the top of Wednesday cable as well, with NBC Sports Net’s primetime telecast at 0.68, CNBC at 0.25, USA […]

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