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THE SKED: “Major Crimes” Has Moderately Major Debut

The older fans who cherished TNT’s THE CLOSER came out in force for its series finale on Monday night, boosting its total audience by 50% from last week to a massive (for cable) 9 million viewers. In pure percent...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/29/12

Several networks opted not even to try and compete with Sunday’s Olympics coverage, and the effect of the games on the shows that remained was mixed. HBO: TRUE BLOOD didn’t miss an artery, as its craziest s...

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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’...

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THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/20/13

AMC: THE WALKING DEAD couldn’t hold at last week’s premiere mega-numbers, but it didn’t fall off much, with a still-gigantic 7.1 for the 9PM airing (down from 8.2 last week), plus 1.6 from re-airings....

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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’...

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THE SKED Sunday Cable Scorecard – 10/27/13

AMC: In the single least-surprising development of the season (perhaps the century), THE WALKING DEAD has just been renewed for a 5th season. Slightly more surprisingly, it appears as though Scott M. Gimple, with sur...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals Report – 8/11/14

For anyone who missed this morning’s introduction: below are last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, which in this case gets us all the way to the 159th-most watched show on cable Monday night, becau...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY/MONDAY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 4/7-8/13

SUNDAY HBO: Westeros ruled the night, as GAME OF THRONES took the Sunday lead now that The Walking Dead and The Bible are done, down just a tick from last week’s premiere to 2.3, plus another 0.6 for the 10PM re-...

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THE SKED: Fri-Mon Cable Ratings Scorecard – 7/26-7/29

FRIDAY STARZ: The pay-TV network had plenty of announcements at its TCA press tour session, including a renewal for its pirate series Black Sails before the show has even aired, but there wasn’t a word of comfort...

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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...

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THE SKED: Cable Ratings Scorecard – 6/21-25

FRIDAY STARZ: Things got even worse for MAGIC CITY, with under 350K total viewers and an 18-49 number that had to be rounded up to reach 0.1. It’s hard to imagine Starz ordering a third season, unless there are...

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 8/7/14

THURSDAY BROADCAST: Because this morning’s numbers were so screwed up, we’ll just start fresh with the broadcast networks. CBS: BIG BROTHER, after all the adjustments, was up 0.1 to 2.3. Even after the ...

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THE SKED’S FRI-MON CABLE SCORECARD – 4/19-22/13

FRIDAY STARZ; In its second week, DA VINCI’S DEMONS lost half its premiere rating, falling to a 0.2 in 18-49s and half a million total viewers. Starz strenuously asserts that this is primarily due to viewers wa...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals – 8/12/14

But first: NETWORK UPDATE: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and FOOD FIGHTERS exchanged 0.1s in final numbers, with AGT gaining the additional tenth at FOOD FIGHTERS’ expense. Below is our Top 25 chart of last night...

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INTRODUCING: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals Report – 8/10/14

As we’ve been teasing for the past week, today we’re adding something new and exciting to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s cable ratings coverage. The chart below includes Sunday night’s top 25 originals, and itR...

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THE SKED: “Major Crimes” Has Moderately Major Debut

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/29/12

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

THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/20/13

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

THE SKED Sunday Cable Scorecard – 10/27/13

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Monday Cable Originals Report – 8/11/14

THE SKED’S SUNDAY/MONDAY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 4/7-8/13

THE SKED: Fri-Mon Cable Ratings Scorecard – 7/26-7/29

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

THE SKED: Cable Ratings Scorecard – 6/21-25

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 8/7/14

THE SKED’S FRI-MON CABLE SCORECARD – 4/19-22/13

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals – 8/12/14

INTRODUCING: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals Report – 8/10/14

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