Posts Tagged ‘ABC’
 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/19/13

Splash makes a ripple. ABC:  The debut of SPLASH gave the network a 2.6, beating everyone but CBS in the hour, and marking ABC’s best result in that slot all season.  Of course, next week it’ll be facing The Voic...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/18/13

  A night of entrances and exits. ABC:  The Spring premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS hit a season high 3.1, but that was down 0.4 from last year’s spring launch (even though that one had to face The Voice, as did t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekly and Season Ratings: NBC Officially Falls to 3rd for Season

Spring is here in all its Daylight Saving-ravaged, repeat-filled glory.  No network will average more than a 2.0 rating with adults 18-49 for the week ending Sunday (four days of official nationals and three days of fast natio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/17/13

  Daylight Savings Time only made ABC’s Sunday troubles worse. ABC:  It’s getting harder to label ONCE UPON A TIME as a “hit,” with last night’s episode tying its series-low 2.2 and the num...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekly Network Ratings: NBC Hits a Weekly Low and FOX Pulls Into a Virtual Tie for Second Place

For the second week in a row, FOX is the only network above a 2.0 rating in the prime time weekly average.  NBC is headed for a record low week: the estimated 1.13 falls comfortably below the previous low (week 19 of the seaso...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2013: “Nashville”

  Whether because of deliberate stonewalling by NASHVILLE producers and cast, or because, as series creator Callie Khouri suggested, the scripts are so far behind that they don’t know themselves how the season will e...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S PILOT (+ 1) REVIEW: “Red Widow”

  RED WIDOW:  Sunday 10PM on ABC The “2-hour premiere” of RED WIDOW actually consisted of the pilot that was shot before last year’s upfronts, combined with the first regular episode (both halves written...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED @ PALEYFEST2013: “Once Upon A Time”

  Cheers to ONCE UPON A TIME, which rushed through the PaleyFest preliminaries at this afternoon’s session and was able to screen not just tonight’s entire episode, but next week’s first act as well.  To...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: The Clock Runs Down for “Zero Hour”

  It looks like we’ll never find out what that creepy Damien-like kid was doing with the genetically mutated assassin (or who Amy Irving was supposed to be), let alone what Albert Einstein’s translated final eq...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: The Value of Sports Programming and Updated Full Season Forecasts

What does football mean to the broadcast networks?  For NBC and CBS, NFL coverage (along with other sports, mostly an occasional college football game) accounts for about 20-30% of the entire primetime rating for the network. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekly Broadcast Ratings and Year to Date

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (February 18-24, 2013), ABC will claim a rare victory with a preliminary 3.42 adult 18-49 rating in prime time, its best weekly showing of the year by far (thanks, of ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Zero Hour”

  ZERO HOUR:  Thursday 8PM on ABC A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekly Ratings Way Off the Normal Pace for Broadcast Networks

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (February 11-17, 2013), FOX won with a preliminary 2.11 adult 18-49 rating in prime time, down from last week’s 2.25 rating but still ahead of the horrible perf...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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 ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED’S PILOT REPORT – “Zero Hour”

  ZERO HOUR:  Thursday 8PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert ZERO HOUR‘s pilot is an engaging piece of nonsense, but whether it can work as a continuing TV series is another question.  The premise is a DaVinci Cod...
by Mitch Salem