Posts Tagged ‘football’
 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 12.5-6.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 5 and Sunday December 6, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popula...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Are You Ready For Some (Thursday) Football?

>   At this point, it would be fairly shocking if the NFL and its players didn’t settle their labor dispute in time to have a full pro football season.  (That sound is NBC falling to its knees in relief.)  ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/26/12

Even exhibition football is football. NBC:  NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL took the night with a 2.9, which is just a taste of what the numbers will be in a few weeks when the real thing returns.  Even a MADDEN NFL pre-show came in 2...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Day 6

Tuesday’s ESPN coverage of the World Cup featured two matches that had average ratings, and a third match (in the tough 11:30 am time period) that is the lowest-rated so far.  (Yesterday’s match are bolded in th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.23-24.2016

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 23 and Sunday January 24, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Sunday Ratings – Network Scorecardj – 10/30/11

> The fairy tale continues for one of this season’s new arrivals. ABC:  The back order for ONCE UPON A TIME should be arriving any minute.  The fantasy soap has clearly found an audience sweet spot, and even wit...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.6-7.2016 with Super Bowl Ratings Track

Scroll down for the complete round-up of Super Bowl Sunday (pre-game and post-game), as well as other sports over the weekend in the normal SKEDBALL weekly format.  But first, Super Bowl tracks for metered market overnight rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 12.26-27.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 26 and Sunday December 27, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: Sunday Network Scorecard – 11/6/11

> Another Sunday, or as NBC likes to think of it, The Only Night That Should Count. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME barely slipped from last week, proving its full season pick-up was well deserved.  DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES contin...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Day 5

Wow.  USA vs Ghana on ESPN Monday just missed averaging 10 million viewers over the course of the entire telecast.  This is double what the USA matches did in 2010 from South Africa, and the demographic ratings (almost 6 rati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.16-17.2016

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 16 and Sunday January 17, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED CABLE REVIEW: USA’s “Necessary Roughness”

> Premieres Wednesday 10PM on USA:  Change the Channel NECESSARY ROUGHNESS departs from the USA Network formula in several ways:  our heroine Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) is the mother of teenagers, she doesn’t ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL – Day 1

World Cup 2014 has arrived, and ESPN has to be very encouraged with the audience for the opening match (host country Brazil versus Croatia).  Yesterday the match averaged 4,040,000 total viewers (any age) and a 1.72 adult 18-4...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Days 3 & 4

World Cup 2014 built more momentum over the weekend on ESPN, with the 5:30 pm matches on Saturday and Sunday the highest-rated contests so far on ESPN this year.  Further, even the lowest-rated ESPN match so far in 2014 is abo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: Sunday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/25/11

> The season’s first week came to an end with more of a whimper than a bang. ABC:  All things considered, PAN AM got off to a solid start (insert “good take-off,” “little turbulence” or simila...
by Mitch Salem