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THE SKED: Viewers Check In to “Bates Motel” and Sunday Cable Ratings

BATES MOTEL had a very solid start on A&E last night, with a total viewership in its initial airing of 3 million, a number that rose healthily to 4.6 million with the night’s rerun included. It also skewed fa...

by Mitch Salem

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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...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals – 8/15/14

In addition to the shows below, note that the 2d episode of THE KNICK (Cinemax) didn’t make the chart (it was #43 of the night’s cable originals) with a 0.13 rating in 18-49s and 419K total viewers. That ...

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THE SKED: Preliminary Cable Ratings for “Game Of Thrones” and “Falling Skies”

Remember all those people who said they’d never watch GAME OF THRONES or for that matter HBO again after the Red Wedding? Well, they didn’t go anywhere. Last night’s Season 3 finale had a viewership...

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NIELSENWAR: “Game of Thrones” Premiere and Other Early Sunday Cable Numbers

It was a dull week for the broadcast networks, with little variation from the week before. CBS had the advantage, thanks to the series finale of How I Met Your Mother, giving it a 2.16 average in 18-49s for the week (5...

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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: A Good Night For Showtime as “Dexter” & “Ray Donovan” Rise

It’s encouraging when the ratings for a new series rise off a much-hyped premiere, and RAY DONOVAN managed that last night (in total viewers, at least–we don’t yet have any demo information), up from 1....

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UPDATED–THE SKED: “Game Of Thrones,” “Walking Dead,” “The Bible” All Huge On Sunday

More numbers have been released for Sunday night’s event cable airings, and it was a big night for everyone. The most voracious bite came from the Season 3 finale of THE WALKING DEAD, setting a new record with 12...

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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: TNT Launches “King & Maxwell” Fairly Well

Last night’s premiere telecast of KING & MAXWELL gave TNT a decent 0.6-0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo and 3.5M total viewers, an old-skewing result (only around one-quarter of total viewers were under 50) that...

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/7/14

AFTERNOON UPDATE: The NCAA FINALS adjusted up to 7.2 in final numbers, but that was still significantly down from last year’s 8.4. What time zone adjustment giveth it also taketh away, and that BIG BANG THEORY reru...

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/12/12

Status was mostly quo in the Sunday night cable ratings. HBO: The craziness that is TRUE BLOOD was down just a tick from last week, still overwhelmingly beating the rest of cable with 2.6 (and almost 80% of its viewers...

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THE SKED WEEKLY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 7/12/13

THURSDAY USA: The night started out weakly with the premiere of reality show SUMMER CAMP, which only had a 0.5 rating among 18-49s year olds, and 1.1M total viewers. That seemed to set the tone for the evening, since a...

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THE SKED: “Justified” Finale Runs Low On Ratings Bullets

The critical consensus on this season of JUSTIFIED–including here–was that it was excellent, perhaps the best of the series so far. Viewers, though, seemed less enthused, as last night’s season finale...

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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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THE SKED: Viewers Check In to “Bates Motel” and Sunday Cable Ratings

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

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals – 8/15/14

THE SKED: Preliminary Cable Ratings for “Game Of Thrones” and “Falling Skies”

NIELSENWAR: “Game of Thrones” Premiere and Other Early Sunday Cable Numbers

THE SKED: “Major Crimes” Has Moderately Major Debut

THE SKED: A Good Night For Showtime as “Dexter” & “Ray Donovan” Rise

UPDATED–THE SKED: “Game Of Thrones,” “Walking Dead,” “The Bible” All Huge On Sunday

THE SKED SUNDAY CABLE SCORECARD – 10/20/13

THE SKED: TNT Launches “King & Maxwell” Fairly Well

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/7/14

THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/12/12

THE SKED WEEKLY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 7/12/13

THE SKED: “Justified” Finale Runs Low On Ratings Bullets

THE SKED Sunday Cable Scorecard – 10/27/13

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