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NIELSENWAR: Weekly/Season Ratings Charts; and How Low Can Bubble Shows Go?

There was little change from last week in the new weekly averages (based on 5 days of final Same Day ratings and 2 days of overnights), as again no network averaged over 1.5 in 18-49s over the course of the week. ABC h...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: “Nashville” Renewed

After a bit of down-to-the-wire negotiating, ABC and Lionsgate have come to an agreement for a Season 3 renewal of NASHVILLE, although details are not yet clear, including just how many episodes have been ordered (ABC ha...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “Marry Me”

MARRY ME: Tuesday 9PM on NBC THE FACTS: Happy Endings creator David Caspe reunites with Casey Wilson, one of that show’s stars, for a rom-com that pairs her with Ken Marino, as a longtime couple who finally get...

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NIELSENWAR: Hindsight, Girlfriends’ Guide, and The Perks of Being In the Cable Scripted Game

Everyone knows that TV is a pitiless business, where a show lives or dies by the ratings it receives. Except… not always. Today, VH1 announced that it was renewing its time-travel dramedy Hindsight, even though the...

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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: ABC Fall Schedule & Analysis (Includes 5-Network Grid)

Welcome to Upfronts week, when the broadcast networks (or what’s left of them) announce their Fall schedules and attempt to generate billions of dollars worth of excitement from advertisers. It’s harder than ever t...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: FOX’s “Gracepoint”

GRACEPOINT: Thursday 9PM on FOX THE FACTS: David Tennant repeats his role as the lead detective in a US adaptation of the hit British miniseries Broadchurch, about the murder of a child in a small seaside town and wh...

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UPDATED – NIELSENWAR UPFRONTS: FOX Fall–and Midseason–2016 Schedule (with NBC/FOX grid)

UPDATED with reactions to FOX trailers, which are available here: The FOX fall schedule is a puzzlement. FOX seems to have done little to help itself with its fall 2016 line-up, leaving two of its weakest nights unimp...

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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Wednesday

Our saga of the hour-by-hour battle for territory on the broadcast network landscape continues. Today, the motley group of series that make up Wednesdays–although due to scheduling strategies and the first Presid...

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NIELSENWAR Full Season Network Report Cards: FOX

Other Nielsenwar Network Report Cards: NBC One massive hit can make up for an awful lot of failure. Have you met EMPIRE? Full Season To Date (thru May 3) 18-49 Rating Average: 1.53 (#4), down 26.2% from last season...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: FOX & NBC Begin Their Pick-Ups

NBC and FOX will be the first broadcast networks to announce their 2014-15 schedules next Monday, so it makes sense that they’re the first to begin announcing their new series pick-ups. No trailers have yet been ...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “The McCarthys”

THE MCCARTHYS: Thursday 9:30PM on CBS THE FACTS: Ronnie McCarthy (Jake Lacy) is part of a lovingly smothering Boston Irish-Catholic family, who are just fine with him being gay but embarrass him at every turn anyway....

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: More NBC Comedies

NBC has perfected the art of releasing bits of information each day throughout pre-Upfront week, and today’s nuggets introduced a trio of additional new sitcoms. It appears that at least 2 of these will be given ...

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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The ABC Schedule – Grid and Instant Analysis

Come February, Thursday nights are going to feature an old-fashioned broadcast network slugfest, as ABC’s announcement that Scandal is moving to 9PM will put it squarely in the path of NBC’s The Blacklist whe...

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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: Weekly/Season Ratings Charts; and How Low Can Bubble Shows Go?

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: “Nashville” Renewed

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “Marry Me”

NIELSENWAR: Hindsight, Girlfriends’ Guide, and The Perks of Being In the Cable Scripted Game

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Week 1

NIELSENWAR: ABC Fall Schedule & Analysis (Includes 5-Network Grid)

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: FOX’s “Gracepoint”

UPDATED – NIELSENWAR UPFRONTS: FOX Fall–and Midseason–2016 Schedule (with NBC/FOX grid)

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Wednesday

NIELSENWAR Full Season Network Report Cards: FOX

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: FOX & NBC Begin Their Pick-Ups

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: CBS’s “The McCarthys”

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: More NBC Comedies

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: The ABC Schedule – Grid and Instant Analysis

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

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