Posts Tagged ‘cable ratings’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Top 25 Monday Cable Originals – 8/18/14

NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL’s season premiere lost an additional 0.1 in adjusted ratings that it couldn’t afford to shed, ending up at an anemic 0.4.  RUNNING WILD and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR al...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’S Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals – 8/14/14

  The day’s top 25 cable originals are listed below (actually reaching #134 on the night’s overall cable list, if reruns were included), with some context and analysis under that.  But first: NETWORK UPDATE:�...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Hot Off the Presses – “The Newsroom” Has a Solid Return

  HBO’s Aaron Sorkin opus THE NEWSROOM fared well in its Season 2 premiere last night, drawing 2.2M total viewers (plus another 400K for the late-night re-airing).  Demo info won’t be available until tomorrow,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Walking Dead” Keeps Chomping

  Last night’s midseason premiere of THE WALKING DEAD was disappointingly sluggish, uncompelling, and in its ending, downright silly.  None of that mattered at all to its hordes of fans, though.  The show returned ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/22/12

  HBO:  Another wacko episode of TRUE BLOOD (Lilith!) topped the night in cable (and beat everything on broadcast TV except the Bachelorette finale/epilogue) with a 2.6 (a splendid 75% of the viewers under 50), down just ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 7/24/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NY MED gained 0.1 in final numbers, while GANG RELATED dropped by the same amount. THURSDAY CABLE:  Viewers didn’t seem to like what they saw in FX’s MARRIED or YOU’RE THE WORST last ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD: 8/24-27

  SATURDAY AMC:  HELL ON WHEELS held well in total viewers at 2M, but they got a lot older, as the show’s 18-49 rating fell from 0.5 to 0.3.  That makes almost 80% of its viewers over 50, not exactly the most adver...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “The Americans” Get New Visas

  THE AMERICANS rebounded a bit in the ratings last night, rising to a 0.8 after 2 weeks of declines, but even if it had just held steady, FX would probably have awarded it a Season 2 renewal any time now.  As it is, the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/21/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, adjusted numbers leveled much of the day’s playing field.  HART OF DIXIE and BEAUTY & THE BEAST reverted to last week’s 0.4/0.3 ratings, while at CBS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTH...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 6/19/12

  A new entry in the summer scripted brigade. TBS:  SULLIVAN & SON had a mediocre debut.  The first of its back-to-back episodes kicked off fairly well, just about even with the BIG BANG THEORY rerun that preceded it...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Cable Premiere Ratings

  It’s been a busy couple of days for premieres and returns on basic cable (pay cable’s big night is this upcoming Sunday, when both HBO and Showtime begin their winter schedules).  The winner:  PRETTY LITTLE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Early Sunday Cable Ratings

No one will ever confuse the ratings for MAD MEN with those of TRUE BLOOD, but it was the former moving in the right direction with its season finale last night.  The Season 5 finale was the show’s highest rated, with wh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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-...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED CABLE RATINGS: “Dallas” Exits On a High Note (And a Note On FOX News)

  TNT’s season finale of DALLAS, perhaps aided by USA’s decision to air a rerun Royal Pains in the timeslot, sprang to a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demo last night, its best rating since its 2d week on the air bac...
by Mitch Salem