Posts Tagged ‘tbs’
 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Cougar Town”

  COUGAR TOWN survived its trip from ABC to the wilds of cable, as well as the day-to-day departure of series co-creator and original showrunner Bill Lawrence, with its charms mostly intact, even if the show is starting to...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through First Sunday

During the NCAA Basketball Tournament’s Round of 32 Saturday and Sunday, almost every game on each network was in line with ratings for the same games the past few years.  (We do not have result from the CBS games in the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/2/12

  Some networks were untouched by the massive Olympics ratings being piled up by NBC, while others appeared to be hit hard. USA:  Last night’s BURN NOTICE showed the limitations of the USA house format, as what shou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: MLB Postseason Hell

> The Postseason just keeps getting worse for MLB and its broadcast partners FOX and TBS.  ALCS Game 4 in Detroit was supposed to have started shortly after 4 pm ET today, but it was raining in Detroit.  FOX is now sa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through First Friday

Through Friday, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is averaging almost 8.5 million persons 2+ live+same day on CBS and three Turner networks (TNT, TBS and TruTV), now even with last year as well as the 2012-2016 averag...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through Second Sunday

Updated ratings for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament through the second Sunday of March Madness (the Regional Finals). Two games have been added to the CBS averages, and two games have been added to the TBS average. C...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings

Through Thursday, coverage of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on CBS and the Turner networks (TNT, TBS and TruTV) is averaging almost 9.2 million viewers 2+ live+same day across the four networks in an average minute...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: March Madness through Elite Eight Round Saturday and Sunday

Chart updated with persons 2+ audiences for the four games played Saturday and Sunday March 28-29, 2015 (the Elite Eight Round): Telecast 61: TBS Saturday 6:00 pm #1-Wisconsin 85 #2-Arizona 78 (Arizona up 33-30 at half) Tel...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: March Madness through Final Four

Chart updated with persons 2+ audiences for the four games played Saturday April 4, 2015 (the Final Four Round): Telecast 65: TBS/TNT/TRU Saturday 6:00 pm #1-Duke 81 #7-Michigan State 61 (Duke up 36-25 at half) Telecast 66:...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: March Madness through Friday #2

Chart updated with persons 2+ audiences for the four games played Friday, March 27, 2015 (the second and final day of the Sweet 16 Round): Telecast 57: CBS 7 pm #2-Gonzaga 74 #11-UCLA 62 (Gonzaga up 35-28 at half) Telecast 58:...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Cougar Town”

  As anyone who cares about COUGAR TOWN knows, just a few weeks ago the series was basically being strapped into the electric chair with electrodes being attached to its forehead, and the chaplain reciting some scripture.�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 6/19/12

  A new entry in the summer scripted brigade. TBS:  SULLIVAN & SON had a mediocre debut.  The first of its back-to-back episodes kicked off fairly well, just about even with the BIG BANG THEORY rerun that preceded it...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Ground Floor”

  GROUND FLOOR:  Thursday 10PM on TBS – If Nothing Else Is On… As cable networks have stolen more and more of the glory from broadcasters, with TV movies, miniseries, and quality 1-hour dramas now largely in t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Baseball Postseason Schedule Update

>Poor TBS.  FOX’s coverage of ALCS Game 4 (Texas at Detroit) ended up going 11 innings and four hours, from a delayed start at 6:35 pm ET to 10:35 pm.  The TBS game (NLCS Game 3, Milwaukee at St Louis) started o...
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 April 5 and Sunday April 6, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. ...
by Mitch Metcalf