2017-18 TV Season

UPDATED WITH ANALYSIS: NIELSENWAR: The CBS Fall 2017 Schedule

Posted May 17, 2017 by Mitch Salem

    See our analysis of the fall line-ups for NBC, FOX and ABC. CBS always has the same story to tell at this time of year.  It portrays itself, with some accuracy, as television’s bastion of consistency, where hit shows run for years and years (and years and years and years), and even the […]

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UPDATED WITH BROADCAST: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.31.2017

Posted June 1, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of adjustments, as MASTERCHEF and the MODERN FAMILY rerun rose 0.1 in final numbers, while LITTLE BIG SHOTS, the 9:30PM episode of THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, THE F WORD, and the reruns of THIS IS US, ARROW and LEGENDS OF TOMORROW all lost the same.       Broadcast […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.5.2019

Posted March 6, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.83 (Golden State vs. Boston)/0.52 (Houston vs. Toronto).  On History, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND edged up 0.02 to 0.77, and PROJECT BLUE BOOK […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.29.2016

Posted June 30, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, but WAYWARD PINES lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  SHARK WEEK again gave Discovery top cable honors, with SHARKS VS DOLPHINS at 0.86, DEADLIEST SHARKS at 0.82, and SHARK […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.11.2019

Posted December 12, 2019 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  NANCY DREW lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.48/0.47.  MTV’s THE CHALLENGE gained 0.03 to 0.48.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK was steady at 0.42, and CRANK YANKERS ticked up to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.15.2017

Posted November 16, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at the top of Wednesday cable with 0.99/0.85.  On Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK dropped 0.07 to 0.61, and BROAD CITY ticked down to 0.31.  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.3.2018

Posted August 6, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Local sports preemptions probably caused the across-the-board drops at CW, where the shows were respectively down 0.1/0.2/0.1.  In addition, the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.14.2016

Posted October 17, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING and SHARK TANK each gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did BLUE BLOODS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s telecast of the Blue Jays vs. Indians BASEBALL PLAYOFFS game led Friday cable at 1.10.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH returned […]

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