Articles

Monday Fast Nationals Delayed: Nielsen Sorts Out Massive Change to Ratings Methodology

Posted December 29, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

UPDATE at 3:40 pm PT: Fast nationals for Monday 12.28.2015 scheduled for release at 5:00 pm PT (8:00 pm ET), an unusually late hour for a data release. But this has been a most unusual day. UPDATE at 2:25 pm PT: Next update at 3:30 pm PT.  Around that time, Nielsen will either announce a data […]

Full Story »

Articles

THE SKED: Nielsenwar Whacks Its First Victim

Posted October 10, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  Say fuhgeddaboudit to MADE IN JERSEY, as the CBS series has found its place in TV trivia history by becoming the first cancellation of the 2012-13 broadcast season.  (Technically it’s just been pulled off the schedule, so while production will now cease, episodes already in the can may well be burned off later in […]

Full Story »

Articles

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.6.2018

Posted November 7, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s THE GIFTED and LETHAL WEAPON held their 0.1 bumps, but the rerun of THE FLASH lost 0.1 in final numbers.  After adjustment, election coverage left NBC on top at 1.3, with ABC at 1.2 and CBS at 0.8.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

Full Story »

Articles

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 12.19-12.25.2022

Posted December 28, 2022 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 52: December 19-25, 2022 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

Full Story »

Articles

The Sked: THURSDAY July 4 Ratings Chart

Posted July 5, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Thursday ratings.  The broadcast networks totaled a 3.4 rating with adults 18-49 last night, almost exactly the 3.3 rating from Independence Day 2012 (on a Wednesday night).  NBC won the little-viewed night and was up 13% from July 4 last year.  Although Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular was higher rated last year (1.8 rating […]

Full Story »

Articles

Broadcast News & Late Night Series 12.21-12.27.2020

Posted December 30, 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 52: December 21-27, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

Full Story »

Articles

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.11-12.2017

Posted November 14, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday November 11-12, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, November 12-13, […]

Full Story »

Articles

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.18.2019

Posted April 19, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY and THE BIG BANG THEORY gained 0.1 in final numbers, while STATION 19 and SUPERNATURAL lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS games topped Thursday cable at 1.33/1.16, with NBATV’s game at 0.14.  On […]

Full Story »