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The Sked: Olympics Ratings Day 5 — NBC Hoping Closing Ceremony Never Happens

Last night’s coverage of the fifth night of the London Summer Olympics averaged a 12.2 rating with Adults 18-49 on NBC in prime time.  The highlights of the night were the team competition for women’s gymnastics an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: Olympic Ratings through Night 13 and Preview of “Go On”

A very good night on NBC last night for the final Wednesday from London, a preliminary 9.2 rating with Adults 18-49 in prime time.  The number will easily rise to a 9.5 in the official nationals, blowing away the previous high...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: Thoughts on NBC’s Schedule (and on Our Predictions)

> NEW SHOWS in CAPS.  New Time Periods in Italics. WHAT WE LIKE.  As stated in the network press release about the new 2011/12 schedule, NBC is attempting a nice blend of stability (Tuesday, Sunday, and parts of Wedne...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Broadcast Weekly & Summer Averages: FOX Edges Up Versus Last Year; NBC In Freefall

Big Brother’s second episode aired last night, scoring a preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49.  Although it was the top-rated broadcast program Sunday night (and the only network program to top a 2.0 rating Sunday), ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED @ PALEYFEST 2013: “Community”

  PaleyFest tried something a little different tonight as part of a rambunctious celebration of COMMUNITY, replacing the usual screening with a live table read that featured most of the regular cast, aside from Donald Glov...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS May 24 — Summer Begins

FOX won the first night of summer with a 2.4 preliminary rating with Adults 18-49 for the two-hour premiere of So You Think You Can Dance from 8-10 pm.  This is down a disappointing 27% from last summer’s 3.3-rated pre...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Bent”

> 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
 
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Weekly and Season Ratings: NBC Officially Falls to 3rd for Season

Spring is here in all its Daylight Saving-ravaged, repeat-filled glory.  No network will average more than a 2.0 rating with adults 18-49 for the week ending Sunday (four days of official nationals and three days of fast natio...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Awake”

> 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
 
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THE SKED REVIEW: SNL With Eli Manning

    It was perfectly appropriate to dread the news that an athlete was hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE–the show’s history abounds with deadly sports hosts like Michael Phelps and Tom Brady.  And in case that ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/20/12

For NBC, the preseason was nice while it lasted. NBC:  The network launched its Thursday line-up last night against little or no competition from 2 of the other networks…. and fell off a cliff.  THE OFFICE, the last rem...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings — Horse Racing Still Matters Three Saturdays a Year

The first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown dominated the weekend sports ratings for Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5: NBC hit a 10.4 household rating during the 6 pm hour Saturday for coverage of the Kentucky Derby (up...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: “Prime Suspect” Bites the Dust

> When NBC announced its midseason schedule yesterday and PRIME SUSPECT was nowhere to be found, that was clearly bad news for a shaky show. Today came the confirmation: the show is officially dead. Not a surprise, since even w...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Weekly and Season Network Ratings: CBS Widens Its Lead

THE WEEK.  For the recently completed week ending Sunday (February 4-10, 2013), CBS won again with a preliminary 3.35 adult 18-49 rating for the week.  This week’s win is driven by last night’s Grammy Awards (pr...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: Early Notes From the Front

  We’re a bit more then 2 weeks into the Fall 2014 TV season, most of the new series have had their debuts, and a few selected hours aside, the results aren’t pretty.  We’re going to take a capsule loo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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