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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: ABC’s “Private Practice”

For a show perceived as standard medical soap, PRIVATE PRACTICE has gone through quite a few permutations in style and focus over its 5 seasons. Conceived originally as a light-hearted spinoff to Grey’s Anat...

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The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — WEDNESDAY Night

Wednesday nights this fall will look a lot like last year, with most of the returning programs performing at similar levels and no network making a big move (up or down) on the night. FOX should win Wednesday again with The ...

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THE SKED NIELSENWAR – WEEK 2

We’ve had a second week of ratings to examine, and it’s time once again to ask: How goes the war? And what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? ANYTHING OVER 1.5 IS THE NEW 2.5. NBC and ...

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THE SKED: Terra Nova and Other Short Orders

> The typical episodic order for a new Fall show is 13 episodes, with a network option for 9 more (known as the “back-order”) to bring the full season to 22 episodes. Shows that debut at Midseason typically ge...

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Season Averages: FOX Poised to Move Into 2nd Place Soon, Pushing NBC to 3rd

Through February 4 (20 weeks into this broadcast season), CBS leads with a 2.70 rating with adults 18-49, followed by NBC (2.40), FOX (2.19) and ABC (1.83). But very soon, FOX will move past NBC in the season averages and is ...

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WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Quarterfinals Ratings (part 1)

Demographic ratings for the Quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup are starting to roll in. The two matches on Friday July 4 were a mixed bag. The 11:30 am match on ESPN2 (Germany vs France) averaged 4.2 million viewers of any...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Don’t Trust the B— In Apt 23”

DON’T TRUST THE B– IN APT 23: Tuesday 9:30PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: New York City, where naive midwestern arrival June shares an apartment with street-smart, manipulative Chloe (Krysten Ritter). Their ne...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Don’t Trust the B___ In Apt 23”

In its short (7 episode) first season, DON’T TRUST THE B___ IN APT 23 hasn’t yet proven itself the equal of Happy Endings, the show it replaced in ABC’s prime post-Modern Family timeslot. However, the...

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THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2012: “Once Upon A Time”

> ABC’s ONCE UPON A TIME is one of the few no-question-about-it hits of the current television season, and the gathering at today’s PaleyFest session, while enormously enthusiastic, was less raucous and more comfort...

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The Horse Race: Three Days into the New Season

With three nights of official national ratings counted, CBS is in front with a 2.99 Adult 18-49 rating, down a dizzying 30% from the first three nights last fall (when CBS was a towering #1 at a 4.28 rating). Remember, The Ey...

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The Sked: Unofficial Standings for the First Two Weeks of the Season

With two weeks of the new season under our belts (11 nights of official ratings and 3 nights of adjusted fast national ratings), here is how the season stands for the four major networks: Thanks to The Voice moving int...

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THE SKED: When Does “Rookie Blue” Stop Being A Rookie?

One of the very few–in fact, one of the only–summer success stories in scripted broadcast network programming continues, as ABC has announced the renewal of ROOKIE BLUE for a 4th season to air in Summer 2013....

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Scandal”

SCANDAL: Thursday 10PM on ABC WHERE WE WERE: Washington DC, where Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) is the best fixer around. Not a lawyer (although she has a law degree), not a publicist (although she’s expert ...

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The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS June 15 — ABC Scores with Live Programming

Live programming pays off in this world of countless channels, DVRs and online streaming. ABC averaged a 2.1 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm last night in the preliminary fast nationals on a night devoted to a high-wire...

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THE SKED: “Work It” Loses Job

> It looks like the men who made ABC’s WORK IT will have to don dresses to land their next gig: after only 2 low-rated airings, the network has given in to the inevitable and pulled the awful show from its schedule....

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: ABC’s “Private Practice”

The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — WEDNESDAY Night

THE SKED NIELSENWAR – WEEK 2

THE SKED: Terra Nova and Other Short Orders

Season Averages: FOX Poised to Move Into 2nd Place Soon, Pushing NBC to 3rd

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Quarterfinals Ratings (part 1)

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Don’t Trust the B— In Apt 23”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Don’t Trust the B___ In Apt 23”

THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2012: “Once Upon A Time”

The Horse Race: Three Days into the New Season

The Sked: Unofficial Standings for the First Two Weeks of the Season

THE SKED: When Does “Rookie Blue” Stop Being A Rookie?

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Scandal”

The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS June 15 — ABC Scores with Live Programming

THE SKED: “Work It” Loses Job

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