Posts Tagged ‘cable ratings’
 

 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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: 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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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
 

 

 

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 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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “The Bible” Fills Pews For History Channel; “Vikings” Stalwart

  There’s always an audience for some stories, and while History Channel’s miniseries distillation of THE BIBLE from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey wasn’t quite at the network’s Hatfields & McCoys...
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 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...
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
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals: 8.26.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both BACHELOR IN PARADISE and 20/20 climbed 0.1 in final network numbers. Below are the ratings in key demos for last night’s Top 25 original cable telecasts.  If there are any lower-rated series...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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 ...
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
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK MONDAY SCORECARD – 8/4/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR each gained 0.1 in final numbers. MONDAY CABLE:  PARTNERS didn’t get off to much of a start for FX, with 0.35 in the demo for the first half-hour, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

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