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The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS June 24

NBC won a painful Sunday night with a 1.2 preliminary Adult 18-49 rating from 7-11 pm.  The U.S. Olympic Trials at 7 pm, featuring track and field from Eugene, Oregon, averaged a 1.2 rating, starting at a 1.0 in the 7:00 half ...
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The Sked: Olympics Ratings through Six Days

“Only” a 9.7 rating with Adults 18-49 for NBC in prime time last night — a little better than the same night in Beijing but actually lagging behind the same night in Athens.  But they’ll be back into th...
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Broadcast Network Weekly & Summer Averages: The Amazing Power of the Olympics

Based on fast nationals for Friday-Sunday and official national ratings for Monday-Thursday, the week of July 23-29 of course goes to NBC by a mile — but the network’s weekly average this past week is just a taste o...
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The Sked: Summer Olympics Ratings Day 3

Last night, NBC averaged a preliminary 11.4 rating with Adults 18-49 in prime time.  This edges the Beijing rating for the same night, which itself towered over the other recent summer Games.  Last night the NBC rating peaked...
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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...
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The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS July 1: Olympic Fever Begins to Build

A terrific night for NBC as the Sports division took control of Sunday night from the Entertainment division.  U.S. Olympic Trials coverage of three sports dominated the other networks, posting a 2.5 preliminary Adult 18-49 ra...
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The Sked: Olympics Ratings — One Full Week

Updated Olympic nightly ratings track and Olympics averages through Thursday, Aug 2.
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The Sked: Olympics Ratings — Averages through Eight Nights

And so it begins.  As the competition turns away from the pool and the gymnastics arena to the track & field stadium, the nightly ratings begin to drift down.  Last night looks like an 8.1 rating with Adults 18-49 in the ...
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The Sked: Olympic Ratings through Closing Ceremony

Even the Closing Ceremony did extraordinarily well this Olympics.  In the preliminary fast nationals, NBC averaged an 8.8 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm last night.  NBC usually runs the lower-rated 7 pm hour on the final ni...
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THE SKED: “Go On” Preview Ratings Update

  In fast national ratings, the number for last night’s preview of GO ON was updated (and downgraded) from 6.4 to 5.6.  This wasn’t unexpected, since NBC had played a little game by starting Go On at 11:06 PM,...
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THE SKED: Holding on to Network Specials

> Today’s announcement that CBS extended its rights to the Grammy Awards for another 10 years and NBC’s recent winning bid for the next four Olympic Games are evidence that broadcast networks are doing everything po...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/24/12

We don’t have numbers for The Newsroom yet, but the show certainly won’t be able to blame the broadcast network competition if its ratings disappoint. NBC:  The network won the night with 1.2s across the board, inc...
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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS June 27: AGT Shows SYTYCD Who’s the Boss

NBC gave FOX some rare competition on Wednesday night, winning the night and knocking down So You Think You Can Dance, which usually enjoys a competition-free existence. NBC continued live coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials (...
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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Death of Stalin,” “I, Tonya” & “Kodachrome”

  KODACHROME (no distrib):  AKA that page of the indie movie playbook marked “Dysfunctional Family Road Trip To Redemption.”  Jonathan Tropper (This Is Where I Leave You) wrote the script, and it has his nove...
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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...
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