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THE SKED: Friday Pre-Empted

Posted April 20, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  A brief ratings note:  the bulk of Friday’s network primetime schedule was preempted on the East Coast for live news coverage of the arrest of the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, and reruns were substituted for the scheduled episodes on the West Coast, so there won’t be any meaningful ratings for Friday night (other than […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings — Horse Racing Still Matters Three Saturdays a Year

Posted May 6, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown dominated the weekend sports ratings for Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5: NBC hit a 10.4 household rating during the 6 pm hour Saturday for coverage of the Kentucky Derby (up a solid 16% from last year’s rating).  The numbers are based on viewing in the […]

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Weekly Cable and Broadcast Program Rankings

Posted May 21, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated telecast rankings for the week ending Sunday.

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/11/13

Posted June 12, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  By summer TV standards, there were plenty of well-watched shows on the networks last night.  The bad news:  they were all down. ABC:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS will, we estimate, end up with a 5.8 rating after adjustment to reflect west coast live viewing.  However, that’s 0.7 below Game 3 of last […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series: 8.17-8.23.2020

Posted August 25, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 34: August 17-August 23, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

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Top Cable and Broadcast Telecasts of the Week

Posted July 2, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Cable and broadcast weekly rankings.  The annual BET Awards took the #1 position for the week with adults 18-49, edging the premiere of Under the Dome for the weekly crown.

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SKEDBALL: March Madness Ratings through Championship

Posted April 4, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through Championship Monday of March Madness. One game has been added to the CBS average. CBS averaged almost 8.4 million viewers 2+ for its 24 games this year, up a big +39% from last year and up +15% from the 2012-2016 average, as the Final Four and Championship game returned […]

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Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Posted July 23, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated cable and broadcast telecast chart for last two weeks:

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