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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...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/9/12

Sometimes a win can also be a disappointment. FOX: AMERICAN IDOL was the highest rated show on the air last night, and gave FOX the nightly win. But… its 4.4 was a series Wednesday low, down 0.3 f...

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The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS March 15

>CBS aired the low-rated first round of the NCAA basketball tournament, falling to a fourth-place 1.7 rating with Adults 18-49 (the same as last year’s result). ABC received some decent news with Missing premiering ...

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THE SKED: FOX Hates Its “Teenage Daughter”

> FOX is yanking its low-rated (and terrible) I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER from the schedule after Glee returns from hiatus and the network’s 4-sitcom Tuesdays end. The original plan had been for Teenage Daughter to s...

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NIELSENWAR Network Midterm Grades: FOX

The midseason part of the broadcast network schedule kicks off in a few hours, and we’ve spent the past few days taking a look at ABC, CBS and NBC. Today it’s the turn of the most critical patient in the qu...

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The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (8 of 28 nights)

>With eight nights of ratings in for the May Sweep (official ratings for April 26-May 2 and fast national ratings for May 3), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when rati...

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS May 23 — The End of the May Sweep and the Broadcast Season

American Idol ended its season down a third from last year’s finale, but still over a 6 rating — enough to win the night handily and put the May Sweep away. Look for a Sweep ratings update posting soon. FO...

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Cable (and Broadcast) Ratings: The Week to Date

Here is how the week is shaping up for the top cable telecasts (in bold) and top broadcast programs (in regular type) for this week through Thursday, ranked by adult 18-49 rating. The complete ranking for last week is provide...

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The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS February 28

>American Idol came to Tuesday night for a special episode. Although it won the night, the episode was down 41% from the comparable edition last year and had a relatively limited effect on the other networks, whose rating...

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The Sked: STATE OF THE SEASON Slouching Toward the Finish Line

>Earlier this month, we looked at the sorry state of broadcast ratings since January. Since the start of Daylight Saving Time, the outlook hasn’t gotten any better. Dividing the season to date into thirds, the...

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THE SKED THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/17/12

Grey’s has still got it–other veteran shows don’t. ABC: The GREY’S ANATOMY was up 0.4 from last week to a robust 3.9, its highest rating in months. That helped push the SCANDAL season finale to a ser...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/16/12

ABC is glad last night happened after its Upfronts. ABC: With the exception of THE MIDDLE, which stayed even (albeit at its season low 1.9), everything plunged: SUBURGATORY‘s season finale down 0....

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A New Way to Look at TV Viewers: The AUDIENCE MAP of American Idol & Empire

We spend a lot of time talking about demographics such as adults 18-49 or women 18-34, but those groups are still fairly broad abstractions of the television audience, which of course is made up of individual people. Although...

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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: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 7

>American Idol is still way down from last year, but last night’s episode ticked from the past few weeks. But The Voice also had a good week — so Idol remains behind the pace of the upstart singing show. ...

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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/3/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/9/12

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS March 15

THE SKED: FOX Hates Its “Teenage Daughter”

NIELSENWAR Network Midterm Grades: FOX

The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (8 of 28 nights)

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS May 23 — The End of the May Sweep and the Broadcast Season

Cable (and Broadcast) Ratings: The Week to Date

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS February 28

The Sked: STATE OF THE SEASON Slouching Toward the Finish Line

THE SKED THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/17/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/16/12

A New Way to Look at TV Viewers: The AUDIENCE MAP of American Idol & Empire

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/29/12

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 7

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