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SKEDBALL: Weekly Sports TV Ratings 4.13-4.19.2020

Posted April 21, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the full week sports ratings (such as they are) for Monday April 13 through Sunday April 19, 2020.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.18.2020

Posted September 21, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rerun and DATELINE each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was firmly in charge of Friday cable at 1.98.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON […]

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Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Posted August 6, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Top broadcast and cable programs this week and last.  Shark Week kicked off Sunday on Discovery with the mockumentary Megalodon: Monster Shark at 9:00 pm, which matched the 2.2 True Blood rating with Adults 18-49 on HBO at the same time.  NFL’s pre-season Hall of Fame Game on NBC, also on Sunday, was the top program of the week.  Not shown […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.18.2015

Posted September 19, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  A lean final Friday of the summer season. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.16.2015

Posted April 17, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.2 in final numbers, but THE ODD COUPLE declined by 0.1.  Elsewhere, BACKSTROM found an extra 0.1, but REIGN fell 0.1.  Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Spike’s LIP SYNC BATTLE held top honors for […]

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/26/13

Posted June 27, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Big Brother wasn’t so big last night. CBS:  BIG BROTHER premiered with a 2.1 preliminary adult 18-49 rating last night, down half a point from the 2.6 rating last year when it premiered in its more traditional post-Independence Day position on July 12, and tied its lowest premiere ever 5 years ago.  THE AMERICAN […]

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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: 4.6.2017

Posted April 7, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY and THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION each gained 0.1 and SCANDAL fell the same in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The bombings in Syria put news at the top of Thursday cable.  CNN and Fox News […]

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