Posts Tagged ‘The Sked’
 

 

THE SKED: “Breaking Bad” Returns

    When AMC issued its final 16-episode order for BREAKING BAD, there was immediate speculation that the network would split the show into 2 8-episode seasons.  The network stayed silent at the time, but now that st...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.28.2016

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE OSCARS ended up at 10.5, down a fairly small 0.3 from the 2015 telecast.  Interestingly, in the final national numbers, the rating was basically steady through the telecast, wi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.4.2017

  Broadcast TV’s biggest hits continued heading downward. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.28.2016

      NETWORK FINALS:  500 QUESTIONS fell 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On Saturday cable, there was the NBA PLAYOFFS...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Updated with Broadcast: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.9.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and 48 HOURS: SUSPICION gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.24.2018

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE LAST DEFENSE had a particularly ignominious exit, losing 0.1 in final numbers for a 0.3 finale.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Char...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.5.2021

  NOTE:  Due to last week’s Presidential Address, comparisons are to the most recent original episodes. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+sa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere TV Review: “Here and Now”

  HERE AND NOW:  Sunday 9PM on HBO – In the Queue HERE AND NOW is sort of the Alan Ball/HBO version of The Fosters, which means that its characters are a generation older, it has a lot of sex, a lot of talk, and a l...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.20.2016

          NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but MISTRESSES lost the same (the former didn’t end until 10:01PM, which often causes a one-tenth shift in finals when the...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Once Upon A Time”

  After 5 seasons of declining success, if ONCE UPON A TIME were less synergistic for Disney/ABC (the movie studio used tonight’s 2-hour season premiere to showcase summer spectacles Alice Through The Looking Glass a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 5/20/12

The throne is still occupied. HBO:  Like most of the spring cable series, GAME OF THRONES is heading into its homestretch, with just 2 episodes left (Stannis is about to reach King’s Landing!).  The show continues to be...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2.22.2015

  It was a great night for BIRDMAN, but not so much for ABC. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.28.2015

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE, CHICAGO FIRE, AGENTS OF SHIELD, NCIS, and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS  all grew by 0.1 in final numbers, but ONE BIG HAPPY shrank by the same amount.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS gam...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Friends With Better Lives”

  FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES – Monday 8:30PM on CBS (Preview Tonight at 9PM) – If Nothing Else Is On… FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES is a CBS comedy of the post-2 Broke Girls era, which is to say that while a t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Update: 9.26.2015

  NEW FEATURE: a Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings chart which includes final Total Viewers for each show.  We have a limited ability to make revisions to the format (a side-by-side comparison of morning and af...
by Mitch Metcalf