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THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update August 8-14

>The broadcast week just concluded (August 8-14) was won by FOX, thanks to the finale of So You Think You Can Dance and NFL Preseason football on Friday (Tampa Bay at Kansas City).  The 1.6 rating for football does not sou...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S FALL PILOT REPORT: NBC’s “The New Normal”

  THE NEW NORMAL: Tuesday 9:30PM starting September 11 on NBC -If Nothing Else Is On… Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE — Halfway to the Finish Line

With two full weeks in for the May Sweep (official ratings for April 26-May 8 and fast national ratings for May 9), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when ratings are me...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: SMASHWatch Update – Back To Even

> Don’t get too excited about that increase in SMASH‘s 18-49 rating last night, because it just vanished.  In the final Nielsen numbers, Smash came back down to the same 2.3 number it had last week.  (Cast...
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The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS May 29

America’s Got Talent powered NBC to another nightly victory last night.  A repeat AGT scored a 2.0 preliminary rating with Adults 18-49 at 8 pm, and an original hour at 9 pm averaged a 3.7 rating (up from the showR...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Revolution”

  The second half of REVOLUTION‘s season tried to be interesting, God knows.  The initial run of episodes after the pilot mostly seemed to consist of our heroes trudging through forests, on the trail of militia-capt...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Declining Network Ratings — How Bad Are They?

>For the past several weeks, “season low” and “down sharply from last year” have been repeated phrases in our daily ratings posts, mostly for broadcast network programs but also for cable programs, as we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: Good News for “Sean Saves the World” and Seth MacFarlane

  It’s entirely possible that SEAN SAVES THE WORLD will never again hit the 1.4 rating it had last night (at least not unless NBC gives it The Voice as a lead-in again), so the network seized the opportunity of a les...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Broadcast Ratings September 12-18

>The week before the big network Premiere Week has NBC in first with about a 2.7 Adult 18-49 rating for the week and the other three major broadcasters at about a 1.7 rating.  NBC was helped by another very ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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
 
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The Sked: NBC’s Post-Olympic Reality

So much for an Olympic after-glow.  After 17 nights of near double-digit young adult ratings, NBC averaged a 1.8 Adult 18-49 rating last night.  After significant on-air promotion during the London Olympics, the two-hour prem...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED FALL TRAILER REVIEW: NBC’s “Chicago Fire”

    CHICAGO FIRE:  WEDNESDAY 10PM on NBC WHAT IT’S SAYING:  Backdraft, not Rescue Me.  Big fires, sweeping, heroic music, a stalwart band of brothers (and the occasional sister) uniting despite their personal...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS June 20 — Reality Graveyard

Other than So You Think You Can Dance on FOX, reality on the other networks completely tanked last night.  Both Duets and Dogs in the City continued their miserable runs at around a 1 rating and part one of two-night Justin Bi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: NBC’s Not Done

  Some more pre-Upfront pick-ups and renewals from the Peacock.  This time the happy newcomers are 2 1-hours: DO NO HARM is a modern day Jekyll & Hyde thriller about a neurosurgeon (Steven Pasquale from Rescue Me) who...
by Mitch Salem
 
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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
 
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