Posts Tagged ‘castle’
 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/9/12

> A night mostly on pause for college football. ABC:  Although the network took the night, it wasn’t able to make as much hay with its female-skewing programming as one might have expected, on an evening where the ma...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/26/12

> SMASHWatch tries to convince itself that ratings are all that matter.  UPDATE:  AND MAYBE NOT THEM EITHER–SEE BELOW. NBC:  After last night’s dreadful SMASH–the first to have no connection at ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — MONDAY Night

The new fall schedules have been announced by the broadcast networks and the new series have been picked up, so it’s time to reveal the SHOWBUZZDAILY FALL RATINGS ESTIMATES for the upcoming television season.  Today we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/16/12

> America is willing to follow FOX behind bars. FOX:  The 2-hour launch of ALCATRAZ went very well, with a solid 3.3 that held throughout the broadcast.  That put the network squarely in 2d place for the night behind ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’s Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Monday

  The Upfronts are over, which means the real Upfronts are about to begin–that is, the networks’ advance sale of advertising time (usually about 80% of the season’s total) for the Fall 2013 TV season.  A...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS April 2

> CBS won the night last night, mostly with the NCAA Basketball Championship.  The preliminary rating for the night matches last year’s mark, although the individual program ratings for CBS Monday (two comedy repeats...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: ABC Fall Schedule and Instant Analysis

Lots of moves from ABC, some–but not all–of which we anticipated.   Let’s take a look night-by-night: MONDAY:  The aging DANCING WITH THE STARS isn’t ideal, but as we anticipated, it’s the be...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/6/12

> For one night, at least, all NBC’s dreams came true. NBC:  THE VOICE blew away its competition, especially in the 9-10PM hour.  Its 6.6 rating over 2 hours was naturally way down from Sunday night, where it ha...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/2/12

> Not even championship basketball can dent SMASHWatch. NBC:   Perhaps the moment last night that most typified the lows SMASH has reached was the bit where Ivy popped pain pills while staring into a mirror affixed wi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/19/11

> And… they’re off!  The 2011-12 broadcast TV season is underway, and already there are some clear winners and losers. CBS:  Last night was always going to be a good night for the Eye, but the extent of th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/28/12

    A slow Memorial Day evening for the networks. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the night’s big show with a 2.7, and AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR won the rest of the night with 2.0, but both were down 0.4 from...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/13/12

> NBC can’t put away that Alka-Seltzer just yet. NBC:  THE VOICE, down only around 10% from last week’s huge rating, is in great shape at 8PM, and those 2 strong hours pretty much guarantee NBC Monday wins the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: ABC Needs & Possibilities

> With the television season at Upfronts minus about 6 weeks, Mitch Metcalf, veteran programming executive Ted Frank and I are continuing our survey of the issues each network may and should be thinking about while strategizing...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED – Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/26/11

> One network dominated all of primetime last night… FOX:  …and it wasn’t FOX.  You can’t call TERRA NOVA a disaster–a 3.1 rating (slightly adjusted from Mitch Metcalf’s report) is ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Mondays

  As The Joker would say:  Here… We… Go. After weeks of semi-starts and special “previews” of new shows racking up big numbers against minimal competition, the real 2012-13 TV season gets underway ...
by Mitch Salem