Posts Tagged ‘ratings’
 

 

Top Shows of the Week: Cable and Broadcast

Here is how this television week is shaping up, three days down and four to go.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/10/13

  Has American Idol finally leveled out? FOX:  After 3 weeks of consecutive drops that brought the show down 0.7 from a month ago, AMERICAN IDOL was up a tick last night to 3.2.  That’s still a full point below its...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/9/13

  NBC’s curse continues. NBC:  The network really thought it had something with the dating show READY FOR LOVE, promoting it like crazy and clearing Tuesdays of Go On, The New Normal and Smash so it could pair 2-hou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Top Cable (and Broadcast) Shows of the Week

Updated weekly ranking of top cable and broadcast programs.  A broadcast network reclaimed the top spot this past week (CBS’s Saturday night telecast of the Syracuse-Michigan Final Four game), mainly because Walking Dea...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/8/13

  The NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME owned the night, yet didn’t disrupt anyone else very badly. Fast national ratings for Monday (with CBS adjusted upward by ShowbuzzDaily to estimate the ultimate time-zone adjus...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Weekly & Season to Date Network Ratings

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). Weekly Rating Apr 1-7 18-49 Rating vs Last Year CBS 2.68 -4% Up from 2.25 last week NBC 1.67 +7% Up sli...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/7/13

  The night belonged to country music.   CBS:  With virtually no competition on any other network, the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS romped to a 4.3, easily winning the night and up from 3.1 last year.  However, w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Cable (and Broadcast) Ratings: The Week to Date

Here is how the week is shaping up for the top cable telecasts (in bold) and top broadcast programs (in regular type) for this week through Thursday, ranked by adult 18-49 rating.  The complete ranking for last week is provide...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/4/13

  Hannibal doesn’t have much of an appetite.   NBC:  The positive spin on HANNIBAL‘s 1.6 debut is that it’s better than NBC has done in that awful timeslot in roughly a year, and a considerable boos...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/3/13

  A solid start for ABC’s new sitcom. ABC:  The night’s new configuration worked out well, at least for now.  THE MIDDLE was up 0.2 to 2.0 (still 15% below its season average), while SUBURGATORY, although sli...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: TUESDAY Ratings Charts

Tuesday network ratings versus the same night last year. Original episode track for Tuesday broadcast programs.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable Shows of the Week — Final Update

For broadcasters: The end of the world as you know it?  Walking Dead not only tops the cable ratings chart, but also beat everything else on TV — by far.  The highest-rated program in prime time last week on broadcast ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/1/13

NBC hopes last night’s Revolution rating was an April Fool’s joke. Last night’s ratings compared to the comparable night last year, in this case March 26 instead of April 2 because the NCAA Champsionship was p...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings

The NCAA men’s basketball championship tournament rolled on Sunday with two games to select the last Final Four spots.  The two games averaged 19% higher household ratings than last year in the 56 local markets measured ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekly & Season to Date Network Ratings: Revised Full Season Forecast

CBS won another week with NCAA basketball tournament games throughout the week and a lot of repeats on the other networks.  NBC’s The Voice returned to the schedule this week, putting NBC in a virtual three-way tie with...
by Mitch Metcalf