Posts Tagged ‘FOX’
 

 

Broadcast Weekly & Summer Averages through September 2

The week heading into Labor Day is usually forgettable.  Television viewing is always very light the Thursday-Sunday before the holiday, and this past week the broadcast networks suffered through low ratings for the Republican...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2013: “The Mindy Project”

  Creator/star Mindy Paling and the rest of the gang from THE MINDY PROJECT had cause to be of good cheer at tonight’s PaleyFest panel, having learned this week that their series, despite middling ratings, has been r...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekly Network Ratings: NBC Hits a Weekly Low and FOX Pulls Into a Virtual Tie for Second Place

For the second week in a row, FOX is the only network above a 2.0 rating in the prime time weekly average.  NBC is headed for a record low week: the estimated 1.13 falls comfortably below the previous low (week 19 of the seaso...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS June 13

NBC could have used Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday rather than Monday.  The 2.0 rating the concluding game generated Monday would have doubled last night’s rating for the regular NBC Wednesday line-up (...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS June 15 — ABC Scores with Live Programming

Live programming pays off in this world of countless channels, DVRs and online streaming.  ABC averaged a 2.1 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm last night in the preliminary fast nationals on a night devoted to a high-wire...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS May 23 — The End of the May Sweep and the Broadcast Season

American Idol ended its season down a third from last year’s finale, but still over a 6 rating — enough to win the night handily and put the May Sweep away.  Look for a Sweep ratings update posting soon.   FO...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “I Hate My Teenage Daughter”

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may hav...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: One More Dimension For “Fringe”

> FRINGE has discovered one last universe where it can air for a 5th and final season on FOX, and it’s widely rumored that the name of that universe is:  Low License Fee.  As it did with Chuck this season, Warne...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Alcatraz”

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques sh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Little In Common”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots  The double meaning of “little” in the title of Fox’s busted sitcom pilot LITTLE IN COMMON is that the 3 couples at its center are brought together only because their resp...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/17/13

  Daylight Savings Time only made ABC’s Sunday troubles worse. ABC:  It’s getting harder to label ONCE UPON A TIME as a “hit,” with last night’s episode tying its series-low 2.2 and the num...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Horse Race: Three Days into the New Season

With three nights of official national ratings counted, CBS is in front with a 2.99 Adult 18-49 rating, down a dizzying 30% from the first three nights last fall (when CBS was a towering #1 at a 4.28 rating).  Remember, The Ey...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Broadcast Weekly & Season Averages

ABC won Week 40 of the broadcast season (June 18-24) with a 2.37 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time, its second weekly win in a row (thanks to two NBA Finals games — #4 and #5).  But ABC could really have used a Game 6 on ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Season Averages: FOX Poised to Move Into 2nd Place Soon, Pushing NBC to 3rd

Through February 4 (20 weeks into this broadcast season), CBS leads with a 2.70 rating with adults 18-49, followed by NBC (2.40), FOX (2.19) and ABC (1.83).  But very soon, FOX will move past NBC in the season averages and is ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS June 17

ABC won another night with the NBA Finals.  Game 3 (Miami beating Oklahoma City and taking a 2-1 lead in the series) averaged a 5.6 preliminary Adults 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm, although that number will rise to a 7 or more wh...
by Mitch Metcalf