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THE SKED: NBC’s Not Done

  Some more pre-Upfront pick-ups and renewals from the Peacock.  This time the happy newcomers are 2 1-hours: DO NO HARM is a modern day Jekyll & Hyde thriller about a neurosurgeon (Steven Pasquale from Rescue Me) who...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/3/12

> Big Bang makes one. CBS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY roared back from last week’s decline, up half a ratings point for its best number since March, and zooming past American Idol as the highest-rated show of the night.  T...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS May 3

>As we enter the second week of the May Sweep, FOX and ABC had very similar ratings to last week, while CBS popped up with a nice increase for Big Bang Theory.  On NBC, The Office was up a bit from last week, but NBC staye...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/26/12

> Not at all the way the networks wanted May Sweeps to begin. NBC:  All the hype for 30 ROCK‘s live episode (a very busy half-hour with some great gags) and COMMUNITY‘s self-contained episode-long Law & Ord...
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The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS April 26 — The May Sweep Begins

>The May Sweep kicked off last night.  Fast national ratings for Adults 18-49 follow.  Highlights to come.                    Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday  ...
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The Sked: PROMO WATCH

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between April 18 and April 24, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read mor...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/19/12

> When you’re NBC, even a 1.8 rating can look good. NBC:  PARKS & RECREATION returned to the schedule last night in the 9:30PM slot, with a 1.8 that was far better than the 1.2-1.5 that Up All Night had been gett...
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UPDATED: THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD

> This is what it’s come to:  on a Thursday night, repeats of CBS sitcoms beat new NBC sitcoms in every half-hour. NBC:  Last night’s episode of THE OFFICE set a new all-time low of 2.1 2.2 (in final numbe...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: NBC Needs & Possibilities

> Today Mitch Metcalf, veteran programming executive Ted Frank and I continue our week-long pre-Upfronts look at the challenges facing each of the broadcast networks and their potential strategies for next season.  We̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/29/12

> The new shows tumble. FOX:  TOUCH faced new scripted competition from CBS for the first time, and even though NBC and ABC were still mostly in repeats during the hour, Touch lost half a ratings point to 2.8.  That&#...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/22/12

> Maybe everyone went to see The Hunger Games last night. FOX:  With lower than usual competition on all the other networks, TOUCH debuted with its first regular episode to a 3.3 that wasn’t as good as it looked.&nbs...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/15/12

> Greendale Community College 4-Ever! NBC:  The network seized the opportunity opened by CBS’s sure-to-be-low-rated NCAA coverage, and COMMUNITY‘s 2.2 was by far its highest rating of the season.  In fact,...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/8/12

> AWAKE is getting sleepy. NBC:  A 20% drop from a series premiere isn’t ordinarily anything shocking or particularly worrisome.  But when you start with a 2.0 the way AWAKE did, that leaves you with a 1.6 in We...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/1/12

> AWAKE didn’t keep anyone from a full night’s sleep. NBC:  In the universe of NBC these days, you take your glass-half-full where you can get it, and here it is:  AWAKE won its time slot, it was up from i...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/23/12

> Ow, says FOX.  See FOX say Ow. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL‘s 4.4 rating was its lowest since the show began as a summer series 10 years ago.  That was down 14% from last week, 38% from the first hour of last year...
by Mitch Salem
 
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