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THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/21/11

> On the night that two of the Fall’s most-hyped new arrivals made their debuts, the clear winner was a returning hit. ABC: When their horse has the lead, horse-racing fans will sometimes yell out “Wire!”...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/29/12

> February Sweeps go out not with a bang, but with the other thing. ABC: The first “midseason arc” episode of REVENGE looked almost exactly like all the other episodes, so it was fitting that the rating stayed...

by Mitch Salem

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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

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/18/12

> Viewers didn’t flee from The B—. ABC: DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 held almost the same proportion of the MODERN FAMILY audience as it did with last week’s premiere (and a slightly higher p...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/2/12

> The lows keep coming. ABC: MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and REVENGE all set or tied season lows last night, and the only reason DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 didn’t was because it had aired th...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED: WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/10/12

A superhero comes to the rescue. CW: ARROW gave the beleagurered little network the best news it’s had literally in years, with a colossal (for CW) 1.3 rating that beat NBC in its first half-hour and was only na...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 4

. We’re 4 full weeks into the season, and it’s time to ask: What do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? Reruns Are Bad. In the past few days, ABC has ordered extra episodes of GREY’S ANATOMY,...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’s Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Wednesday

Our journey through the fall primetime schedule–and by “our,” I mean former head of NBC Scheduling Mitch Metcalf, former head of NBC Current Programming Ted Frank and myself–takes us to what may b...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/21/11

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/29/12

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

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/18/12

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/2/12

THE SKED: WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/10/12

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 4

THE SKED’s Fall TV Ratings Predictions – Wednesday

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