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NIELSENWAR: The Fall 2019 CW Schedule & Analysis

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now. Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which h...

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NIELSENWAR: The Emmy Nominations – Some Thoughts

With the overwhelming amount of quality television these days available on various platforms, the Emmy nominators (of which I’m one, in certain categories) weren’t going to get it all right. (A full list of...

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NIELSENWAR: Fall Network Ratings – Night By Night Chart & Analysis

We’re now 5 weeks into the fall TV season, and although some major changes in the schedule are ahead, mostly due to CBS’s half-season of Thursday Night Football coming to an end, there’s enough data to ...

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THE SKED NIELSENWAR – Week 5

We’re now 5 weeks into the 2012-13 TV season, and as we regularly do, it’s time to ask: What do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? NBC Is Running Out Of Sitcoms. With the cancellation of An...

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NIELSENWAR: The Value of Giant Sports Events

Thanks to the NCAA Tournament, CBS had a strong week, while the continuing decline of the new dramas on ABC and NBC dragged them down. CBS had the weekly win (Live + Same Day, 5 days actual + 2 days overnights) with 2....

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NIELSENWAR: REVISED 5-Network Grid with New NBC Line-Up

In a very unusual move, NBC has already made major changes in the fall schedule that it announced just 2 weeks ago. In fact, it’s changed the centerpiece of that schedule, reversing the move of its breakout hit ...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Galavant”

GALAVANT: Winter-ish Sunday 8PM on ABC THE FACTS: A fairy tale musical comedy from Dan Fogelman, the creator of the late, lamented (by some of us) The Neighbors, with an original score by multiple Oscar-winner Alan M...

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THE SKED NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES – Thursday

There was a time, not that many years ago, when Thursday was the night that network television was all about. Fueled by the enormous amounts movie studios spend to promote their openings the next day, the night was stu...

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NIELSENWAR: Pre-Upfront – What Will the Networks Do?

The network averages for last week are significant because they represent a full week of sweeps programming, which means reruns were at a minimum and some stunting (although not a tremendous amount of it: a Chicago Fire/...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura”

THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA: Wednesday 8PM on NBC THE FACTS: Laura Diamond (Debra Messing) is an NYPD homicide detective who also has to juggle her responsibilities to her young twin sons and her issues with her estranged...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “Bad Judge”

BAD JUDGE: Thursday 9PM on NBC THE FACTS: Rebecca Wright (Kate Walsh) is given to hard drinking and sex in the office (among other places). She’s also a criminal court judge in LA. Further complicating her ...

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NIELSENWAR: The Olympics Crush Primetime and Comcast Takes Over the Universe

THE WINTER OLYMPICS have been doing what they were meant to do for NBC. In the first full week of ratings to include the Sochi Winter Games, NBC completely dominated the (mostly sleeping) broadcast competition with a 5...

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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Week 1

So: what do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? THE SWALLOWS AREN’T RETURNING TO CAPISTRANO. Generally speaking, the TV season has a dynamic that repeats each year. Every fall, viewers turn up i...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: ABC and 20th Make Their Deal: 2 Pick-Ups, “Last Man Standing” Back

Only those involved will likely ever know the details, but ABC and 20th Century Fox Television worked out whatever they needed to, and the result was a pick-up of LAST MAN STANDING and orders for 2 additional 20th sitcom...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Friday

Fridays aren’t the most exciting night on the broadcast network schedule, but there are some interesting changes coming next fall. We’re following our predictions for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs...

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NIELSENWAR: The Fall 2019 CW Schedule & Analysis

NIELSENWAR: The Emmy Nominations – Some Thoughts

NIELSENWAR: Fall Network Ratings – Night By Night Chart & Analysis

THE SKED NIELSENWAR – Week 5

NIELSENWAR: The Value of Giant Sports Events

NIELSENWAR: REVISED 5-Network Grid with New NBC Line-Up

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Galavant”

THE SKED NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES – Thursday

NIELSENWAR: Pre-Upfront – What Will the Networks Do?

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “Bad Judge”

NIELSENWAR: The Olympics Crush Primetime and Comcast Takes Over the Universe

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Week 1

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: ABC and 20th Make Their Deal: 2 Pick-Ups, “Last Man Standing” Back

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Friday

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