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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/17/14

Posted August 18, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  For American viewers, even preseason football is football. FOX:  The preseason NFL FOOTBALL game between Indianapolis and the NY Giants scored 2.0, easily giving FOX the night, although the game wasn’t quite the highest rated show of the evening. CBS:  BIG BROTHER was up 0.1 from last week (when it aired out of its […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.7.2016

Posted June 8, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but 20/20 lost the same. In addition, the CW reruns crashed after adjustment for baseball preemption, down by half to 0.2 each.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Not unexpectedly, AMC’s FEED THE BEAST […]

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The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS March 4

Posted March 5, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>ABC wins the night but has a fairly disappointing debut of GCB.  Additionally, all the networks — including ABC — are down significantly versus the same night last year.  The four broadcast networks have seen a collective 2.5 rating points just disappear from Sunday night, more audience scattering to cable and other activities.     […]

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Weekly Broadcast Network Ratings through January 27

Posted January 28, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (January 21-27, 2013), FOX pulled into first place with a 2.56 adult 18-49 rating, thanks to American Idol, a solid premiere for The Following and a lot of repeats on CBS, as it rests for Super Bowl week. CBS dropped to a second place with a preliminary 1.75 adult 18-49 rating, down […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.11.2016

Posted June 14, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL games gained 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  As is often the case on Saturdays, sports was in control of the cable box, although it’s less typical for soccer to be the dominant sport. […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.2.2021

Posted April 5, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for 20/20, MACGYVER, THE BLACKLIST and WWE SMACKDOWN.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s coverage of the WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT was at 0.59/0.34.  Cable news was led by the 3PM CNN NEWSROOM […]

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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 2.10.2018

Posted February 11, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

Past Winter Olympic Same Night (First Saturday) P18-49 live+same day ratings: 2014 Sochi 6.3, 2010 Vancouver 7.6, 2006 Turin 6.7, 2002 Salt Lake City 9.8 Last night’s fast national rating Winter Olympic should go up around +10% in the official live+same day nationals for NBC, and the TAD (Total Audience Delivery) which includes streaming should […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.9.2015

Posted November 10, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  The SUPERGIRL experiment is officially less than a roaring success. NOTE: Minimal impact on the Monday fast nationals by local broadcast coverage of NFL MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (aired nationally on ESPN). In Chicago the game was broadcast on an independent station. CBS numbers are only slightly distorted by San Diego where SUPERGIRL aired at […]

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