Posts Tagged ‘cable ratings’
 

 

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
 

 
 

EARLY SUNDAY CABLE RATINGS: “Mad Men” Up, “Devious Maids” Soft, Wallenda Wins

  Cable ratings will be fragmentary until tomorrow, but here are some numbers worth noting: MAD MEN‘s Season 6 finale was, despite some viewers’ misgivings about this season, the show’s highest-rated fina...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK TUESDAY SCORECARD – 7/29/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP gained 0.1 in final numbers. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS (OWN) and THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) were the highest-rated cable originals of the night at 1.0, steady...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: A Mixed Night For USA

  Like the San Antonio Spurs, USA Network provided an example last night of aging veterans showing up some ultra-hyped newcomers.  BURN NOTICE, beginning its 7th and final season, held almost all of last season’s pr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 9.17.2014

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost 0.1 in final numbers to 2.0.  With quarter-hour info, the spread between the end of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (which gained 0.1 in adjusted numbers) and LAURA also got starker:  a 1....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 8.20.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT went up 0.1 in final numbers and TAXI BROOKLYN reduced correspondingly.  In addition, PENN & TELLER: FOOL US lost 0.1. Below are ratings in key demographics ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

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....
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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...
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: “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
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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: 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....
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals: 8.21.2014

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Despite all of last night’s football preemptions, only ABC was affected in the final numbers, as THE QUEST lost 0.2 and ROOKIE BLUE lost 0.1 (putting its season finale at the same 1.0 as last year...
by Mitch Metcalf