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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.12.2018

Posted August 14, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The adjusted CBS line-up rated as follows compared to last week’s finals:  60 MINUTES up 0.04 to 1.1, BIG BROTHER steady at 1.6, a rerun NCIS: LA at 0.5, and a new episode of ELEMENTARY at 0.4.  Elsewhere, the TEEN CHOICE awards gained 0.1 in final numbers.     […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.23.2018

Posted April 24, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE RESIDENT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s NBA PLAYOFFS games were on TNT, at 1.64/1.39.  USA’s WWE telecast was at 1.09/1.09/0.97, compared to last week’s 1.38/1.32/1.30, and NINJA VS NINJA fell 0.09 to […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 9.10.2014

Posted September 11, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In final numbers adjusted to reflect the presidential address at 9PM, CBS’s NFL Films documentary UNDER THE LIGHTS fell 0.2 to 0.5, and EXTANT gained 0.1 to 0.8.  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT rose 0.1 to 1.9, while TAXI BROOKLYN lost 0.3 to 0.8.  On FOX, the HELL’S KITCHEN special was up 0.1 to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.24.2017

Posted September 26, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The post-NFL adjustment gods were kind to CBS, where 60 MINUTES rose 0.2 to 2.7, and STAR TREK: DISCOVERY went up 0.3 to 1.9; in addition, the NCIS: LA rerun gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.3, down 0.8 from last week’s game.  On ABC, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.2.2015

Posted June 3, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were no changes at all from this morning’s numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a night dotted with premieres, Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH retained its cable lead, up 0.23 from last week to 1.20, with lead-out SONS OF WINTER up 0.03 to 0.47.  On ABCFamily, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS returned at 1.06, down just 0.05 from the June […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted April 21, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday April 19 and Sunday April 20, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NBA: Playoffs 1.9 rating ESPN 12:30 pm Saturday Brooklyn Nets at Toronto Raptors Game 1 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12.20.2016

Posted December 21, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  The holiday doldrums. 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 follows the chart. ABC:  The highest-rated […]

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THE SKED: “Breaking” Ugly

Posted August 2, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> As anyone who’s ever worked at a TV network knows, sometimes the only thing worse than a flop is having a hit on your air.  AMC is learning this lesson the hard way:  it’s endured messy, extended renewal talks for Mad Men and the loss of The Walking Dead‘s showrunner over the past year […]

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