Posts Tagged ‘television’
 

 

The Sked: Monday Ratings — The Voice Bounces Back

A big sigh of relief at NBC as The Voice returned to a 4+ rating with adults 18-49 last night.  There might be some inflation due to pre-emptions in Charlotte for Monday Night Football, but if NBC goes down in the official ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TV NEWS AND NOTES

> Game 7 of the NFL Stanley Cup playoffs (when the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks) achieved a 3.4 Adult 18-49 rating on NBC Wednesday.  In Tuesday’s TV News and Notes we said “Wednesday’s Ga...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPFRONT SALES UPDATE

> Broadcasting & Cable says that Fox has completed selling its prime time inventory for next season.  Reportedly, Fox has sold 80% of its spots, leaving the rest for “scatter market” sales during the season...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/27/13

Even without The Voice as an excuse, most networks headed downward. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL continued to plunge, down half a ratings point to 3.1, which happens to be just 0.1 ahead of X Factor’s average last fall. ABC:...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Weekly Cable and Broadcast Rankings

Updated broadcast and cable programs for the week ending Sunday (and the previous week for comparison).
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Wednesday Week 6 — Scary Halloween for Networks

Halloween always depresses television usage levels of 2-34 year-olds, but last night it looks like 35-49 year-olds also took the night off from watching TV in greater than normal numbers.  Just an awful night for network TV, w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Friday #2 of the Season

The second Friday of the new season was down 16% in the fast nationals from last year (4.7 rating with Adults 18-49 TOTAL for the four broadcast network versus 5.6 the same night in 2011). It’s pretty much a disaster for ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Olympics Ratings through Six Days

“Only” a 9.7 rating with Adults 18-49 for NBC in prime time last night — a little better than the same night in Beijing but actually lagging behind the same night in Athens.  But they’ll be back into th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’S FALL 2011/12 MONDAY TV SCHEDULE

> Welcome to ShowbuzzDaily’s coverage of the upcoming TV schedules for the 2011/12 TV season!  Above you see our guide to what to expect on Monday nights this Fall:  the numbers are our projected Adults 18-49 ra...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Sunday Week Two

NBC will win another Sunday in the fall, although it will be one of the lower-rated Sunday Night Football nights of the season.  The 5.3 rating with Adults 18-49 in the fast nationals from 7:30-11 pm last night should go up to...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Olympics Ratings — One Full Week

Updated Olympic nightly ratings track and Olympics averages through Thursday, Aug 2.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “30 Rock”

  30 ROCK:  Thursday 8PM on NBC WHERE WE WERE:  Jack (Alec Baldwin) was divorcing his now-freed North Korean prisoner wife Avery (Elizabeth Banks).  Jenna (Jane Krakowski) was engaged to her Jenna-impersonator boyfriend...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Thursday Week 8

Last night the regular CBS Thursday schedule tied its season high (premiere night) with a 3.4 adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals from 8-11 pm.  Last night is also up over the same night last year (2.8) and up over the se...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Rejoice! Baseball Coverage on TV to Radically Improve

Baseball fans around the country were treated to some wonderful news yesterday: FOX Sports analyst Tim McCarver announced his retirement during a typically long-winded conference call filled with the false humility that is his...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Official Nationals for Wednesday — World Series Ties Record Low for Game 1

Updated tables throughout. Game 1 of the World Series last night (Detroit at San Francisco) posted a 3.6 rating with Adults 18-49 in the official nationals, still giving FOX a nightly victory but tying the record low 18-49 rati...
by Mitch Metcalf