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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings

Posted February 13, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Wednesday fast national ratings.  

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD 2/11/14

Posted February 12, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The WINTER OLYMPICS stayed at 6.6 in final numbers.  The only change in last night’s other fresh programming was a 0.1 drop in the 8PM airing of DADS to 1.1.  (A couple of ABC’s reruns also dropped 0.1.) TUESDAY CABLE:  TEEN MOMS (MTV), BEING MARY JANE (BET) and THE HAVES AND HAVE […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/10/14

Posted February 11, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE OLYMPICS adjusted up to 6.5 last night, still below the parallel night at Turin 2006 and farther behind the North American 2002/2010 games.  Of course, CPMs (the price paid by advertisers for commercial time) have gone up in the past 8 years, so a 6.5 yields more revenue now than it […]

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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD (and “The Walking Dead” Premiere) – 2/9/14

Posted February 10, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Skiers and skaters couldn’t beat walkers. NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s Skedball report for Sunday’s WINTER OLYMPICS analysis.  The games scored 6.9 in preliminary primetime 18-49 numbers. AMC:  Although THE WALKING DEAD had fewer total viewers than the Olympics (15.8M to 25.4M), it walloped the athletes in 18-49s with a gigantic 8.2 in that demo.  […]

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THE SKED FRIDAY NETWORK & OLYMPICS SCORECARD – 2/7/14

Posted February 8, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  OLYMPICS:  The WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONIES had a preliminary 8.6 rating in 18-49s.  That was up 2.4 from the non-medal events aired on Thursday, but down 0.8 from the 2010 Vancouver Opening Ceremonies.  (And for those with a long-range point of view, up 2.1 from the 2006 Opening Ceremonies from Turin.) OTHER NETWORKS:  As […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK & OLYMPICS RATINGS SCORECARD – 2/6/14

Posted February 7, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The WINTER OLYMPICS climbed 0.2 in final numbers, as did  THE BIG BANG THEORY.  AMERICAN IDOL and 2 1/2 MEN were both up 0.1, while THE MILLERS had the only drop, down 0.1. THURSDAY CABLE:  PAWN STARS (History) took the lead at 1.2, up 0.1.  APPALACHIAN OUTLAWS was behind at 0.9, also […]

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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/5/14

Posted February 6, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  The last pre-Olympics night for a while. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL reached Hollywood and leveled out, up 0.1 from last week to 3.9. ABC:  THE MIDDLE dropped 0.1 to 2.2, and SUBURGATORY was down 0.1 to 1.7 from its last airing after a new Middle, although up 0.2 from last week when it followed a […]

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings

Posted February 6, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Wednesday fast national ratings and relevant comparisons:

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