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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”

  NECESSARY ROUGHNESS:  Wednesday 10PM on USA Sometimes even a moderately successful sports team will decide to shake things up and change the line-up (just ask the Clippers, Nets and Grizzlies at the moment), and that ti...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FRIDAY BOXOFFICE SCORECARD

> Just try to imagine the number of terrible pitches being made to Channing Tatum’s and Rachel McAdams’ agents right now. (And not being made to Reese Witherspoon’s, Chris Pine’s and Tom Hardy’s.) ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 11.1.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE fell 0.14 to 0.49, and THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked up to 0.25. CBS:  Reruns at 0.35/0.30/0.27. NBC:  THE VOICE lost 0.06 to 0.56, LA BREA dipped 0.03 to 0.32, and NEW AMSTERDAM ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 2.25.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The first SHARK TANK since January 28 ticked down to 0.55, and 20/20 was also up a tick to 0.47. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since January 28.  UNDERCOVER BOSS gained 0.06 to 0.39...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Review: “Saturday Night Live” with Martin Freeman

  Martin Freeman, of The Hobbit franchise and the miniseries version of Fargo, brought a drier energy to tonight’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE than the typical host, and that paid off for the show in a few of the night’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 3.11.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK returned from a week off steady at 0.55.  20/20 jumped 0.33 to 0.49. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS dropped 0.05 to 0.36, MAGNUM PI rose 0.06 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was up 0.03 to 0.46. NBC:...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/27/13

  The hills were not alive last night. NBC:  The night before Thanksgiving is traditionally an extremely slow one for TV viewing, and networks don’t typically air hour-long infomercials for their own upcoming progra...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: MONDAY Ratings Preview

>The new television season is here.  The kids are back in school, summer is a distant memory, and the Emmy telecast has ended.  It’s time for the networks to unleash a flurry of season premieres and series debut...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/27/12

February sweeps comes to an end. NBC:  The Peacock may have had a sweeps of historically awful proportions (as has been widely reported, this is the first time ever that a major English-language network has lost to Univision d...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH

>NBC used its 9:30 half hour to keep hammering away at the debut of Smash, coming up at long last in mere minutes.  The network devoted 90 seconds — one 30-second spot and one 60-second spot — in a half hour wh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Exit David Letterman

  In about a year, the reboot of the network late-night talk shows will be complete, now that David Letterman, cranky genius of the format, has announced that sometime in 2015 he’ll be retiring.  With Jimmy Kimmel&#...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10.8.2017

  Week 2 ended on another depressing note for the networks. 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 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.20.2019

NOTE: CBS’s coverage of the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ended around 10:17pm ET, followed by post game show. MAGNUM PI started around 10:39pm ET.  CBS numbers below will rise around +15% in the official nationals when live West Coa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

ShowBuzzDaily SUPER BOWL Forecast

>The biggest day of the television season is here.  The highest-rated show of the year airs at 6:30 pm ET and more people will be watching television tonight in general than any night of the year.  In between all thos...
by Mitch Salem