Posts Tagged ‘ratings’
 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/23/13

It’s not that no one was watching television last night:  Discovery’s SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA delivered 13M viewers during his actual Grand Canyon walk.  What viewers weren’t watching was broadcast TV...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Saturday Night and NHL Stanley Cup Game 5

Saturday remains one tough neighborhood. NBC aired Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final (Chicago skated to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins, bringing their series lead to 3 games to 2). The game scored a preliminary 1.8 rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/20/13

Updated with official national ratings below for Game 7. ABC may be as happy this morning as Miami’s fans are, with what will probably be the highest network rating we see for quite a while. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  NB...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/19/13

  Another good night for sports on network TV. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 4 scored a 2.2 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals, which should go up to a 2.3 in the official nationals later to...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/18/13

  It was a big night for basketball and song. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  We are estimating that last night’s Game 6 of the NBA FINALS, in which Miami forced a Game 7 on Thursday by beating San Antonio in overtime, w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Telecasts of the Week

Updated broadcast and cable rankings for this week and last.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/17/13

  Things picked up for The Voice as it neared its belated season’s end.   NBC:  THE VOICE was up 0.2 in preliminary numbers to 3.5 with its final Monday telecast of the season, and may rise more when final ratings ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/16/13

  The contests viewers wanted on Father’s Day night were the sports kind, not the one with bathing suits. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  We are estimating the 5.6 fast national rating for last night’s Game 5 of the NB...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 15 and Sunday June 16, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.)...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/13/13

  Nothing last night came close to basketball. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  NBA FINALS GAME 3 came to life last night with a 5.8 unadjusted fast national rating with adults 18-49.  We are estimating that rating will go up to ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/12/13

  Hockey had a big–and epic–night. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  A very good rating for the NHL STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1.  The match lasted over five hours, and it was well into the third overtime period (almost...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/11/13

  By summer TV standards, there were plenty of well-watched shows on the networks last night.  The bad news:  they were all down. ABC:  Game 3 of the NBA FINALS will, we estimate, end up with a 5.8 rating after adjustme...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/10/13

  The Voice continued to shine as a lead-in. NBC:  Summer Mondays will belong to NBC as long as THE VOICE is holding down the night, with a 3.2 last night (subject to adjustment later today) that’s currently down 0....
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/9/13

  Basketball, as always, beat Broadway last night. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  we have adjusted the 4.6 fast national adult 18-49 rating for NBA FINALS GAME 2  to an estimated 5.4 rating.  However, the 5.4 would still b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/6/13

  Not even the NBA Finals could hold its own this low-watched summer. ABC:  Thanks to the NBA FINALS GAME 1, ABC was up 267% for the night versus the same Thursday last year, but that’s apples and oranges.  A more...
by Mitch Salem