Posts Tagged ‘revenge’
 

 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 7

>American Idol is still way down from last year, but last night’s episode ticked from the past few weeks.  But The Voice also had a good week — so Idol remains behind the pace of the upstart singing show. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/19/11

> The arrival of the World Series meant remarkably little to the other networks last night. FOX:  Last night’s was the lowest rated non-Saturday Game 1 in history, and basically did the same rating for FOX as X Facto...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/25/12

> Welcome back to Network Scorecard, where we consider the perplexing case of AMERICAN IDOL. FOX:  It’s now clear that the biggest story of the 2011-12 television season is the slump in established reality-competitio...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: “2 Broke Girls” A Little Less Broke

> In one of the least surprising developments of the young season, CBS has given a full season back-order to 2 BROKE GIRLS. Considering that the show did a 4.4 this past week, and NBC has given back orders to UP ALL NIGHT (2.1)...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/26/12

So much for the monkey. NBC:  ANIMAL PRACTICE lurched into the regular season with an awful 1.4 start, the lowest rated show in primetime (other than on CW) last night.  GUYS WITH KIDS did marginally better at 1.6, but that w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 11/2/11

> After 2 nights of sinking numbers, stability returned to the ratings on Wednesday. ABC:  All in all, a good night.  The first half of the evening was down a tenth or so here and there, but the network got help where...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: WEDNESDAY Ratings September 21

> Two massively-promoted programs premiered last night, both to strong but not groundbreaking ratings.  FOX’s The X Factor opened to a 4.2 Adult 18-49 rating (4.0 in the first hour and 4.4 at 9 pm).  This is abo...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS February 22

>American Idol continue to flounder.  Just when we thought the Wednesday edition could hold the line at a 6 rating, it now appears that a 5 rating could be the benchmark.  Idol is no longer hearing the footsteps of Th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS February 29

>American Idol edged down again this week, but the rate of decline is slowing.  The Wednesday edition appears to be locking in on a 5 rating or just below.  Meanwhile, ABC bounced back from last week and is approachin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/28/11

> Everyone was down, as the new season started to settle in on itself–but some were down more than others. ABC:  MODERN FAMILY is doing quite spectacularly, more than 20% above last season’s average.  The ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — SUNDAY Night

Thanks to football, Sunday nights in the fall can be very misleading.  NBC will walk away with the night between September and December with an astounding 6.5 rating each Sunday in prime time during the NFL season.  For 18 we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/8/12

> Somewhere, Edward R. Murrow weeps. CBS:  The attempt to resurrect Murrow’s 59-year old celebrity interview vehicle PERSON TO PERSON with Charlie Rose and Lara Logan flopped badly with a 1.1 (wait, people didn’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Dead Man Down”

  DEAD MAN DOWN:  Watch It At Home – Effectively Moody Tale of Revenge Until its final reel, when it arrives pretty much where you thought it was going to go from the very start, and in a way even dumber than you ex...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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

> With the television season at Upfronts minus about 6 weeks, Mitch Metcalf, veteran programming executive Ted Frank and I are continuing our survey of the issues each network may and should be thinking about while strategizing...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Friday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/23/11

> It was a sleepy first Friday for premiere week. CBS:  The network’s marketing team doesn’t have all that much to boast about this week:  2 Broke Girls had a monster opening, but that was because of its e...
by Mitch Salem