Posts Tagged ‘FOX’
 

 

The Sked: Tuesday Week 8 — A Particularly Weak Night

After two atypical Tuesdays (Election Night and a two-hour Voice the week before), NBC has come back down to a 2.6 rating with adults 18-49 on Tuesday (below the 3.3 Tuesday average so far this season), just slightly ahead of...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/25/13

The Voice sings sweetly for NBC, NBC:  To the great relief of NBC, THE VOICE returned with a 4.7 rating, higher than the show’s fall average and just slightly below the highest rating of its fall cycle.  (It was, how...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: News From FOX, NBC, TNT, TBS

  Nothing so far today matches yesterday afternoon’s high-profile pick-ups by NBC and FOX, but there’s nevertheless some news as we approach next week’s Upfronts: FOX Amid speculation that the network wil...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “Terra Nova”

> 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: THURSDAY RATINGS October 27 — November Sweep Begins

>The November Sweep began last night, and FOX is off to a rousing start.  One night into the 28-night “sweep” period (in which each of the 210 TV markets are measured demographically in addition to the normal n...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (through 6 nights)

>With six nights of the May Sweep in (Thursday-Monday’s official ratings and Tuesday’s fast national ratings), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when rati...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS June 5

America’s Got Talent was the top-rated program on the broadcast networks again last night with Adults 18-49, averaging a 3.4 rating from 8-9 pm (up from Monday’s 3.2 but down from a 3.7 last Tuesday when AGT aire...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

PREMIERING TONIGHT–THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: FOX’s “The Mob Doctor”

  THE MOB DOCTOR:  Monday 9PM on FOX – Worth A Look   THE MOB DOCTOR may be the busiest pilot of the season.  The idea hatched by creators Josh Berman and Rob Wright (previously of Drop Dead Diva and a host of...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Baseball Playoffs Continue to Underwhelm

Major League Baseball’s 2012 Playoffs (or Postseason as MLB insists it is called) could not be more competitive or interesting on the field.  Most series in the Division Championship round going the limit to five games, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “The Following”

  THE FOLLOWING:  Monday 9PM on FOX A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh i...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update August 1-7

>The broadcast week just concluded (August 1-7) had ABC and FOX battling for first place in Adults 18-49 (such as first place is in the dead of summer).  FOX came down because Sunday’s animated comedies (usually...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Seek “The Finder”

> FOX’s decision to move TOUCH to Thursdays and BONES to Mondays left THE FINDER as the odd show out, and today that other shoe fell:  Finder will run its remaining episodes (essentially burning them off) on Fridays ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — WEDNESDAY Night

Wednesday nights this fall will look a lot like last year, with most of the returning programs performing at similar levels and no network making a big move (up or down) on the night.  FOX should win Wednesday again with The ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Broadcast Weekly and Season Averages

Week 39 of the broadcast season (June 11-17) was won handily by ABC with a 3.17 Adult 18-49 rating in prime time, thanks to three high-rated NBA Finals games (Game 1 on Tuesday earned a 6.9 rating, Game 2 on Thursday built to a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Monday Ratings September 17 — The Premieres Begin

NBC had a terrific first night of The Voice and Revolution combo.  In its second Monday this season, The Voice perked up to a 4.6 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-10 pm, up from a 4.2 last Monday.  There seemed to be a l...
by Mitch Metcalf