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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/24/14

Posted April 25, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  Both BAD TEACHER and BLACK BOX stayed where they were this morning.  As usual, THE BIG BANG THEORY came up 0.2, while THE MILLERS fell 0.1.  THE VAMPIRE DIARIES also climbed 0.1. THURSDAY CABLE:  TNT dominated again with the NBA PLAYOFFS, with a pair of 1.8 games.  (The night’s 3rd game, though, […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 11.4.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted November 7, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An IN SEARCH OF WAKANDA tie-in special for the upcoming Marvel/Disney movie was at 0.30, followed by 20/20 down 0.07 to 0.31. CBS:  SWAT gained 0.02 to 0.43, FIRE COUNTRY dropped 0.05 to 0.42, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.06 to 0.35. NBC:  The series premiere of LOPEZ VS LOPEZ was […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.8.2017

Posted December 11, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Friday cable at 0.83 (Boston vs. San Antonio)/0.59 (Golden State vs. Detroit).  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH slipped 0.04 to 0.78, and FINDING ESCOBAR’S MILLIONS […]

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The Sked: Wednesday Network Scorecard 9.18.2019

Posted September 19, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.26.2021

Posted March 27, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  New episodes returned for several shows. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis follows […]

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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 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.5.2018

Posted November 6, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  As expected, ABC adjusted down once local football was removed, leaving DANCING WITH THE STARS down 0.2 to 0.09, and THE GOOD DOCTOR down 0.03 to 1.0.  In addition, MANIFEST lost 0.1 in final numbers for a new low 1.2.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

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NIELSENWAR: The Fall 2019 ABC Schedule & Analysis

Posted May 14, 2019 by Mitch Salem

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions.  Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]

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