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THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 11/25/12

AMC: With one week to go until its fall finale, THE WALKING DEAD was of course at the top of the night, with a combined 7.0 (up 0.3 from last week) for its two primetime airings. As has become traditional, this was o...

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THE SKED: Sunday Cable Scorecard – 10/28/12

The combination of the final game of the World Series and Sunday Night Football did nothing to dent the numbers on cable’s showcase night of the week. AMC: A pivotal episode of THE WALKING DEAD, which also happ...

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THE SKED: “Hell On Wheels” Keeps Riding the Rails

AMC has renewed its building-the-railroad melodrama HELL ON WHEELS for a 10-episode 3rd season. The renewal was far from a sure thing, as the show has indifferent ratings among 18-49s (the recent season finale was at 0...

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THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/21/12

No surprise what’s gnawing at the top of the ratings. AMC: The typical post-premiere decline for a big returning show seems to have been made up by AMC’s settlement of its lawsuit with DISH Network and the ...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/14/12

Zombies take over the world. AMC: As yesterday’s numbers had promised, THE WALKING DEAD was a monster in more ways than one. With a 5.8 18-49 rating in its 9PM airing and an additional 1.9 for the 10PM rebroadc...

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THE SKED: “Walking Dead” Chomps On the Ratings

In a time of steadily declining ratings for network television THE WALKING DEAD is proof that there’s still a staggeringly large audience available for scripted drama that viewers want to see. Last night’...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Walking Dead”

THE WALKING DEAD: Sunday 9PM on AMC WHERE WE WERE: Finally leaving the farm owned by Herschel (Scott Wilson), where for most of a becalmed season, there had been at least as much soul-searching as zombie killing, muc...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

The 2nd season of HELL ON WHEELS was different, and perhaps somewhat better, than its first. (Behind the scenes, experienced producer John Shiban was brought on to showrun with series creators Joe and Tony Gayton.) I...

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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Breaking Bad”

Visually, this season of BREAKING BAD has been typified by shots of Walter White’s looming, shaven, gleaming skull. A bald pate may not have received this much loving camera attention since Brando’s in Apoc...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/12/12

Status was mostly quo in the Sunday night cable ratings. HBO: The craziness that is TRUE BLOOD was down just a tick from last week, still overwhelmingly beating the rest of cable with 2.6 (and almost 80% of its viewers...

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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

HELL ON WHEELS – Sunday 9PM on AMC WHERE WE WERE: Building the transcontinental railroad. Our antihero, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon, joined the Union Pacific Railroad’s march to the west on...

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THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

Any negative ratings effect due to the Olympics seems to have subsided, as the numbers were generally up for cable on Sunday night. HBO: TRUE BLOOD, of course, was in the lead, with a 2.7 rating that was up slightly fr...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/29/12

Several networks opted not even to try and compete with Sunday’s Olympics coverage, and the effect of the games on the shows that remained was mixed. HBO: TRUE BLOOD didn’t miss an artery, as its craziest s...

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THE SKED: “The Killing” Is Mortally Wounded

Not many people will mourn THE KILLING. AMC’s serialized mystery saga began with a great head of steam, and seemed poised to become the network’s next big show, but it became increasingly frustrating to wat...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/15/12

Breaking Bad‘s arrival was the big ratings news on Sunday night, while the launch of Political Animals wasn’t. HBO: TRUE BLOOD, as usual, took the night with a 2.7 that was a tick higher than last week, bea...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 11/25/12

THE SKED: Sunday Cable Scorecard – 10/28/12

THE SKED: “Hell On Wheels” Keeps Riding the Rails

THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/21/12

THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/14/12

THE SKED: “Walking Dead” Chomps On the Ratings

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “The Walking Dead”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Breaking Bad”

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/12/12

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”

THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/5/12

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/29/12

THE SKED: “The Killing” Is Mortally Wounded

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/15/12

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