Posts Tagged ‘cable ratings’
 

 

THE SKED Sunday Cable Scorecard – 11/17/13

  AMC:  THE WALKING DEAD, of course, chomped on everything but Sunday Night Football, with a 6.0 in 18-49s rating that was down 0.2 from last week.  (The 11PM re-airing added another 1.0.)  TALKING DEAD remained steady ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/5/12

  Millions of Americans, having confirmed last week that yes, Charlie Sheen is still alive, moved on. FX:  ANGER MANAGEMENT, in its 2d week, was the highest-rated new scripted show on cable last night (behind a couple of ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Pretty Little Liars” Premieres Strong; Jury Out On “Twisted”

  ABCFamily had a big night on Tuesday with the Season 4 premiere of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, which had a 1.3 rating in 18-49s and 2.9M viewers, with even bigger numbers in the network’s target demos (4.1 in Females 12-3...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

EARLY SUNDAY CABLE RATINGS: Strong Start For “Last Week Tonight”

  You know all those people who were so angry about That Thing That Happened on last week’s GAME OF THRONES that they swore up and down the internet they were done with the show forever?  Apparently they didn’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 11/18/12

  AMC:  The zombies were a bit subdued this week, as THE WALKING DEAD went back to its 4.9 level from 2 weeks ago, after last week’s climb back to 5.6.  As the show finally neared the intersection of its prison and...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED WITH CABLE RATINGS: THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/17/13

  Cable Highlights:  In the morning’s overnight ratings, last night’s ESPY AWARDS on ESPN rose a healthy 0.3 from last year to a 1.9 household rating, giving host Jon Hamm a nice lead-in to this morning’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED MONDAY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 4/15/13

  SYFY:  The multiplatform DEFIANCE is the biggest project Syfy has tried to launch in quite a while, and its debut was fair if not overwhelming with a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo (only about 45% of the 2.7M total viewers were ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 11/24/13

  AMC:  Although still massive, THE WALKING DEAD has been consistently falling, down another 0.3 this week to 5.7 (plus another 1.0 from the 11PM re-airing).  It’ll be interesting to see how the fall finale scores ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Perception” Perceived Mostly By Older Viewers

  TNT’s much-ballyhooed launch of PERCEPTION scored very well in total audience, with a viewership of 5.6M people, holding on to 90% of its lead-in, the final season premiere of THE CLOSER.  But like The Closer, Pe...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: “True Blood” Premiere A Bit Drained

  The Season 6 premiere of HBO’s TRUE BLOOD wasn’t quite as hearty as last year’s launch, with 4.5M total viewers for the initial broadcast (demo details aren’t available yet, although it should be ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/2/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  SHARK TANK went even higher in final Friday numbers, up 0.1 to a new season high 2.3.  However, the entire NBC line-up (which had been preempted in Portland for an NBA playoff game) went down, DATELINE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 12/2/12

  SHOWTIME:  HOMELAND has flirted with 24-ness since it went on the air.  It’s in the show’s DNA, given its creators’ resumes and the overlapping subject matter.  This week, barring a startling reversa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Sun/Mon Cable Ratings Scorecard – 7/21-22

  SUNDAY HBO:  It’s still TRUE BLOOD season, and even though the show slipped 0.1 to 2.4 among 18-49s, holding more or less even in total viewers at 4.5M, that was by far the biggest cable rating of the night.  In ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Friday Cable Ratings: “The Knick” Premieres Low

  As we’ve noted before, we’ll mostly be taking a break from reporting Friday ratings until the fall season begins, but this past Friday had an arrival worth making an exception:  the premiere of Cinemax’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Da Vinci” Keeps Painting

  Starz has been exceptionally tolerant of ratings that other networks might find discouraging, and without even waiting to see how DA VINCI’S DEMONS will perform without a Spartacus lead-in, the network has already ...
by Mitch Salem