Posts Tagged ‘smash’
 

 

THE SKED: NBC MIDSEASON SCHEDULE

> NBC has unaccountably decided not to air a midseason schedule consisting of a test pattern and the words “For the love of God, bring back football…” scrolling at the bottom of the screen.  On the contra...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT “Smash”

> Disclaimer:  Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall.  Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot.  So these critiques sh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS February 13

> NBC not surprisingly settled down a bit from last week’s post-Super Bowl launch of its new Monday.  The Voice continues to set the pace for all the networks on Monday and is now about the same as American Idol̵...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

ShowBuzzDaily SUPER BOWL Forecast

>The biggest day of the television season is here.  The highest-rated show of the year airs at 6:30 pm ET and more people will be watching television tonight in general than any night of the year.  In between all thos...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS March 11

> NBC won another Monday night last night, though it was down significantly from last week due to a combination of lower early-evening TV usage because of Daylight Saving Time and increased competition from ABC with the all-nig...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Misfit Toys Scorecard “Smash” vs. “Vegas”

  This is what it came to for SMASH and VEGAS, both starry, expensive shows that once had Emmy lights glittering in their eyes:  fighting it out for 3rd place at 8PM on a Saturday night.  Behind the 1.5 for a UFC match ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: MONDAY EARLY RATINGS

>In the metered market overnights Monday, NBC won every half hour with the time period premiere of The Voice and the debut of Smash.   The Voice started at 8:00 with a 14 household share (How I Met Your Mother was sec...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS April 2

> CBS won the night last night, mostly with the NCAA Basketball Championship.  The preliminary rating for the night matches last year’s mark, although the individual program ratings for CBS Monday (two comedy repeats...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Update through February 23

>GCB and the Oscars are the big bets for ABC in recent days, while NBC continues to make an extraordinary push for Awake.  CBS is hoping to take Person of Interest to another level, and FOX just doesn’t seem to be ma...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 5/7/12

    SMASHWatch is glad TV shows don’t close in Boston.  NBC:  Last night’s SMASH pulled off the trick of being both melodramatic (poisoning! illicit sex!) and remarkably dull, an anticlimactic way to hea...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

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

> SMASHWatch has a note from THE BACHELOR. NBC:  SMASH was down 0.3 last night, to a still-decent 2.4 that was nevertheless only 0.1 above its season low thus far.  But it faced atypical competition from the post-Bach...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 5/26/13

  There was no curtain call for Smash.   NBC:  SMASH‘s 2-hour exit was an ignominious one.  Although its 0.5 was up 0.1 from its last Saturday airing, it was very nearly the lowest-rated show on a low-rated holida...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS February 6

>NBC had a terrific Monday after the Super Bowl, taking full advantage of the most-watched program in TV history to establish The Voice on its new night and deliver a solid opening for Smash.  However, there was significan...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 4/2/12

> Not even championship basketball can dent SMASHWatch. NBC:   Perhaps the moment last night that most typified the lows SMASH has reached was the bit where Ivy popped pain pills while staring into a mirror affixed wi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS February 27

> FOX made the night interesting by carrying NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in prime time.  (The race was delayed by weather from its normal Sunday afternoon time.)  CBS and NBC were down from last week, although NBC rece...
by Mitch Salem