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The Sked: Saturday Network Scorecard 7.15.2017

Posted July 16, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & BROADCAST NATIONALS […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.4.2020

Posted April 7, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The 24 HOURS TO HELL & BACK rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The day’s news was led by Fox News’s 5PM hour at 0.54/0.80/4.7M, with the same hour on CNN at 0.48/0.65/2.8M, and MSNBC’s […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.15.2017

Posted December 18, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  HAWAII 5-0 lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader led Friday cable at 0.76/0.75.  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH dropped 0.09 to 0.69, and ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE returned at 0.35.  A&E’s LIVE PD gained 0.02 to […]

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THE SKED: INSIDE THE WAR ROOM – THE RESEARCH

Posted May 15, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>When all the Sked PLAYERS gather in New York, the pilots have been screened for the network’s own executives, but the only “real people” who’ve seen them are those participating in Research testing.  The results of those tests become the only “objective” data regarding the appeal of a given show, so they’re a critical part […]

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2019-20 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: The Fall 2019 CW Schedule & Analysis

Posted May 16, 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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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.13.2020

Posted November 14, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

  Another veteran returned low. 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 the chart. […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.8.2017

Posted June 9, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  Only 2 networks aired original programming. 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 comparisons follow […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.24.2016

Posted February 25, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR slipped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A special hour keyed to the 200th episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY pushed TBS’s CONAN to the top of Wednesday cable at 0.63.  It was tied with Lifetime’s LITTLE WOMEN […]

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