Posts Tagged ‘broadcast’
 

 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Broadcast Weekly & Summer Averages through August 26

CBS is looking like a 1.50 rating for the week of August 20-26, enough for a share of first place this week but down 10% from the same week last year.  The NFL preseason games last year were a 2.0 on Friday (GB at IND) and 1.8...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Rankings

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  NBC is on track to hang on for another victory in primetime with adults 18-49 this past week, althoug...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Broadcast Network Ratings — The Rough Season Continues

Week 37 of the broadcast season (May 28-June 3) recently concluded, the first full week of summer as defined by the broadcasters with almost all scripted shows in repeats and summer reality shows dominating the airwaves.  The ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Top Cable & Broadcast Shows of the Week

Better late than never — the weekly ranking of the top telecasts on television the last two weeks.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekly Broadcast Network Ratings through January 27

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (January 21-27, 2013), FOX pulled into first place with a 2.56 adult 18-49 rating, thanks to American Idol, a solid premiere for The Following and a lot of repeats o...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekly and Season to Date Network Ratings — ABC Will Win the Week Ending Sunday

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  ABC wins the week, thanks mostly to the Billboard Music Awards, which is up 30% over the 2012 versio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Top programs of the week on cable and broadcast networks:  
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Tuesday Week 8 — A Particularly Weak Night

After two atypical Tuesdays (Election Night and a two-hour Voice the week before), NBC has come back down to a 2.6 rating with adults 18-49 on Tuesday (below the 3.3 Tuesday average so far this season), just slightly ahead of...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable & Broadcast Programs: The Week So Far

Top telecast rankings through Thursday.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast Network Rankings through Jan 13

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (January 7-13, 2013), CBS pulled into first place with a preliminary 3.18 adult 18-49 rating, doubling last week’s 1.58 rating.  Two hours this week were unusua...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Duck Dynasty on A&E took control of television last week, #1 among all programs by a mile with an astounding 5.0 rating with adults 18-49.  Breaking Bad‘s brief reign last week ended with the second episode declining...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/24/13

  CBS:  From Mitch Metcalf:  The regular CBS Sunday schedule is on a 45-50 minute slide.  The NCAA tournament ran over to about 7:50 pm (North Carolina vs Kansas).  The 3.8 adult 18-49 rating shown above is an adjusted...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update August 22-28

>The broadcast week just concluded (August 22-28) was all about NFL preseason football again.  FOX did not have any games this week and has lost MasterChef, dropping the network’s weekly average to around a 1.2 ̵...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Top Cable and Broadcast Telecasts of the Week

Updated broadcast and cable ranking for the past week and the week before.  Live programming occupied the top eight spots in the week’s program ranking:  basketball and hockey playoffs, the final two episodes of The V...
by Mitch Metcalf