Posts Tagged ‘raising hope’
 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 3/27/12

> Dancing doesn’t mambo as fast as it used to. ABC:  The DANCING WITH THE STARS results show did a whole lot better at 9PM than The River‘s ratings, winning the hour with a 3.0 (compared to River‘s mid-1 ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/26/12

> SMASHWatch tries to convince itself that ratings are all that matter.  UPDATE:  AND MAYBE NOT THEM EITHER–SEE BELOW. NBC:  After last night’s dreadful SMASH–the first to have no connection at ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SCHEDULE: FOX

  The broadcast networks will officially announce their schedules next week at the Upfronts in New York, but before that happens, Mitch Metcalf and I, along with veteran network executive Ted Frank, have put together our o...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES: Tuesdays

  We’re continuing our week-long look at the hour-by-hour battles that will enliven the new network TV season.  Today it’s the turn of Tuesday, a night notable for its Invasion of the Sitcoms. 8PM:  THE VOICE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/9/12

NBC thanks whatever it worships for The Voice.  (Note:  there were an unusually large number of 0.1 victories and ties last night, so bragging rights to various slots may shuffle when final numbers are released this afternoon...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: The New FOX Schedule(s) – Grid & Instant Analysis

  FOX has unveiled a set of schedules that will shift throughout the season–and even into Summer 2014.  Let’s take a look. FALL MONDAY 8PM:         Bones/Almost Human 9PM:         Sleepy Hollow...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/6/11

> Not much good news for anyone–including the night’s winner. FOX:  The network ran the table 8-10PM, but with ugly numbers:  GLEE and NEW GIRL both set season lows, and RAISING HOPE was just 0.1 above its...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/13/12

> FASHION STAR‘s premiere wasn’t very attractive. NBC:  FASHION STAR debuted with a 1.6 which, as lousy as it was, allows the network to briefly claim a timeslot victory–next week, when Unforgettable (whi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/20/12

> FOX chants:  bring back GLEE! FOX:  The network’s 4-sitcom Tuesday is starting to look less like an unsuccessful experiment and more like a disaster.  I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER is already all-but-cancele...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/17/12

> Another experiment fails. ABC:  PRIVATE PRACTICE has been comfortably successful on Thursdays, in the shelter of older sibling Grey’s Anatomy. but the network’s attempt to try it out on Tuesday nights–w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/30/12

  An extra hour of THE VOICE pulverized much of the competition. NBC:  THE VOICE, extended for an extra Tuesday hour, dominated the night with 4.6 (up 0.3 from last week’s 1-hour episode) and provided a huge lead-...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: FOX Needs & Possibilities

> Welcome to April:  pilots are being produced and prepared for executive screenings, all but a very few of the 2011/12 series have aired, and we’re only 6 weeks away from the hoopla of the network Upfronts and their...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/3/12

> NEW GIRL is losing that new-show gleam. FOX:  Whether it’s been caused by the accumulated agony of FOX’s 4-sitcom schedule (with I Hate My Teenage Daughter and Raising Hope reruns as lead-ins), the reality re...
by Mitch Salem