Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week
Top programs of the week on cable and broadcast networks:
The Sked: Estimated Weekly Prime Ratings — January 2-8
>Pending updates from the official national ratings for the weekend, we expect CBS to win the week of January 2-8, 2012 comfortably. NBC will finish in second place, thanks to a Saturday night prime time NFL playoff game,...
THE SKED: Broadcast Ratings September 12-18
>The week before the big network Premiere Week has NBC in first with about a 2.7 Adult 18-49 rating for the week and the other three major broadcasters at about a 1.7 rating. NBC was helped by another very ...
THE SKED: New Fall Show On-Air Promotion — Update through August 11
>With network on-air promotion activity tracked in hit summer shows (those near or above a 2.0 Adult 18-49 rating) for about four weeks since mid-July, the networks’ promotional priorities are summarized below. ...
Top Cable (and Broadcast) Shows of the Week
Updated weekly ranking of top cable and broadcast programs. A broadcast network reclaimed the top spot this past week (CBS’s Saturday night telecast of the Syracuse-Michigan Final Four game), mainly because Walking Dea...
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...
Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week
MTV’s Video Music Awards took the top spot of the week, pushing Duck Dynasty into second place. AMC’s Breaking Bad ticked up one tenth from last week. Although it aired directly against the top-rated VMAs, ther...
THE SKED: New Fall Show On-Air Promotion — Update through August 8
>With network on-air promotion activity tracked in hit summer shows (those at or above a 2.0 Adult 18-49 rating) for about three weeks since mid-July, the networks’ promotional priorities are summarized below. FOX continu...
Top Cable and Broadcast Telecasts of the Week
Cable and broadcast weekly rankings. The annual BET Awards took the #1 position for the week with adults 18-49, edging the premiere of Under the Dome for the weekly crown.
THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update through July 31
>The broadcast week just concluded (July 25-31) had absolute parity between the three original broadcast networks, while FOX was able to put together a weekly lead of three-tenths of a rating point. The twi...
THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/27/13
Even without The Voice as an excuse, most networks headed downward. FOX: AMERICAN IDOL continued to plunge, down half a ratings point to 3.1, which happens to be just 0.1 ahead of X Factor’s average last fall. ABC:...
Weekly & Season to Date Network Rankings
Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). With basically full slates of original episodes now for the May sweep, the four broadcast networks co...
The Sked: Why Are the Networks Upbeat about the Upfront with Such Declining Ratings?
> We may all be looking at the wrong ratings. Each day, attention is paid to the previous night’s television ratings, generally the “Live+Same Day” ratings measuring any viewing of a program live or via DVR pl...