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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.15.2018

Posted March 16, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.7/1.4.  In addition, AP BIO gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The entire Thursday cable Top 10 was made up of NCAA TOURNAMENT programming, topped by TNT’s late […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals: 3.8.2015

Posted March 10, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): There’s not much doubt about what tops the ratings on Sunday cable, and AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD did so again, although it was down 0.26 to a mere 7.27.  TALKING DEAD followed as usual, down 0.06 […]

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The Sked: Time Zones & Their Impact on Ratings and Programming

Posted October 11, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> In addition to region (Northeast, Midwest, South and West), time zone is a very important geographic classification for television ratings analysis.  Almost half of the population (47.4%) lives in the Eastern time zone, while 29.0% call Central home, 17.1% live in the Pacific time zone, and 6.5% live in the relative obscurity of the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.25.2015

Posted December 29, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK UPDATE:  Both CW reruns, the IHEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There wasn’t much original programming on Christmas night to hang on the tree.  Once again, our Top 150 chart reaches all the […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.1.2019

Posted July 2, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.82/0.78/0.76, compared to last week’s 0.75/0.74/0.70.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP dropped 0.07 to 0.69, and a pair of TI & […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.30.2019

Posted July 31, 2019 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun HOLEY MOLEY lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE led Tuesday cable, but comparing it to the first night of June’s debates is somewhat misleading, because the June telecast included NBC […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.31.2016

Posted June 1, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  MAYA & MARTY was helped by a strong lead-in. 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 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.8.2020

Posted February 11, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.8.  In addition, the 9PM DATELINE lost 0.2 in final numbers, and the rerun of THE MASKED SINGER was down 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, the COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.72/0.24/0.22/0.22/0.18, […]

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