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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/21/12

> BENT finds the welcome mat to be more of a trapdoor. NBC: Even facing a repeat Modern Family on ABC, BENT had a catastrophic 1.0 premiere (down to 0.9 in its 2d half-hour). See our Pilot + 1 Review. T...

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The Sked: American Idol vs The Voice — The Gap Widens

>As the (relatively) highly-rated singing competition shows head toward their season finales, it is time to take a broader view of the full season ratings tracks for FOX’s American Idol and NBC’s The Voice. Th...

by Mitch Salem

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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’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 2012/13 FIRST CUT: FOX Needs & Possibilities

> Welcome to April: pilots are being produced and prepared for executive screenings, all but a very few of the 2011/12 series have aired, and we’re only 6 weeks away from the hoopla of the network Upfronts and their...

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/22/12

One-third of last year’s viewers have left. FOX: The next-to-last AMERICAN IDOL of the season, airing against repeats on every other network, scored a 4.2, which gave FOX the nightly win but was dow...

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The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (7 of 28 nights)

>With a full week of ratings for the May Sweep in (Thursday-Tuesday’s official ratings and Wednesday’s fast national ratings), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast seas...

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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: FOX Midseason Schedule – “Idol” Gets Shorter and More

FOX announced most of its midseason decisions today, and there were a few surprises. Biggest was the reduction of AMERICAN IDOL‘s Thursday night results show to 30 minutes, with the new sitcom SURVIVING JACK at 8...

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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...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/4/12

> NBC Wednesday = failure. NBC: Another new comedy, another flop. BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, despite some good reviews, could only manage a 1.2 premiere. Which was better than the final 2 episodes of the network’s last try, BE...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/18/12

> AMERICAN IDOL returned to the schedule, towering over everything… except its own past. FOX: Idol came back with a 7.4, which naturally squashed all its competition. In fact, it beat the ratings of the other ...

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The Sked: Upscale Ratings — FOX Profile

> Previously in this series on upscale TV ratings, we have examined ABC (many upscale shows but too many series stuck with mid-level or low audience sizes) and CBS (sizable audiences but many downscale or at best middling incom...

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The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS April 19

>American Idol resumed its downward drift (after a brief uptick last week) and Touch set a new low, but FOX still won the night with CBS in repeats and ABC and NBC in originals. ...

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THE SKED: FOX Season Finales

> FOX has added its season finales to the pile, which include an evening-long farewell to HOUSE. Here’s the schedule: Tuesday April 17 9:30PM: RAISING HOPE (Note: after Hope‘s season finale, BREAKI...

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/21/12

The Sked: American Idol vs The Voice — The Gap Widens

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

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

THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: FOX Needs & Possibilities

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/22/12

The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (7 of 28 nights)

THE SKED THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/8/12

THE SKED: FOX Midseason Schedule – “Idol” Gets Shorter and More

UPDATED: THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/4/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/18/12

The Sked: Upscale Ratings — FOX Profile

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS April 19

THE SKED: FOX Season Finales

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