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THE SKED SUNDAY RATINGS SCORECARD – 9/22/13

  It was a good night for both broadcast and cable last night. With the benefit of a huge football overrun that lasted until the very last moment before the awards were set to begin, the EMMY AWARDS had a 4.9 rating in 18-...
by Mitch Salem
 
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PREMIERING TONIGHT: THE SKED PILOT REVIEW – CBS’s “Hostages”

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. HOSTAGES:  Monday 10PM on CBS starting September 23 – Potential DVR Alert HOSTAGES, like this summer’s Under the Dome, finds CBS stretching its legs, expanding its brand...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Dexter”

  It wasn’t a great final season for DEXTER, and tonight’s last episode muffed its chance at a fully satisfying conclusion by falling into the trap of one twist too many.  In a way, that was fitting for a seri...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Season Finale Review: “Ray Donovan”

  Despite an abundance of first-rate acting, RAY DONOVAN may have been the biggest disappointment of the summer.  Ann Biderman’s dark family drama didn’t succeed at any of the things it seemed to be trying to ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Devious Maids”

  ABC, which passed on DEVIOUS MAIDS and allowed it to be picked up by corporate sibling Lifetime, is probably lucky the cable network only programs the show during the summer off-season.  Maids, which of course is the br...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/20/13

  Friday wasn’t a friendly neighborhood for ABC’s new arrival. ABC:  THE NEIGHBORS arrived on Fridays with a 1.2 thud, down from all its Wednesday numbers and also down 0.3 from its LAST MAN STANDING lead-in.�...
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THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “The Neighbors”

  THE NEIGHBORS:  Friday 8:30PM on ABC THE NEIGHBORS was last season’s reminder that a pilot isn’t the final word on a series.  In fact, neither are the first several episodes.  It took a while for Dan Fogel...
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THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/18/13

  The rollout of pre-premiere week arrivals continued. CBS:  The fall premiere of SURVIVOR was a heavy 0.6 below last September’s debut, 2.6 compared to 3.2.  However, on the glass half-full side, it was 0.2 abov...
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THE SKED’S NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/17/13

  FOX continued to reap some benefit from its early premiere week. FOX:  The premiere of DADS had a 2.1, better than last season’s Raising Hope debut (1.7), but facing atypically weak competition on the other ne...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED Midseason Finale Review: “Suits”

  SUITS remains easily the smartest and most entertaining show on USA Network (not to mention one of its biggest hits), but its third season so far hasn’t been the equal of its second.  The series, which reached it...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Fall Pilots

PREMIERING TONIGHT: FOX’s “Dads”

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. DADS:  Tuesday 8PM on FOX  – Change the Channel It’s hard to believe that the comedy executives at FOX, who have put such high-quality shows as New Girl, The Mindy Proj...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/29/13

  Last night was the final Thursday of exhibition football, so the last time we have to note that the night’s preliminary TV ratings are significantly inflated by local preemptions for NFL games.  CBS: at least 10 major...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD: 8/24-27

  SATURDAY AMC:  HELL ON WHEELS held well in total viewers at 2M, but they got a lot older, as the show’s 18-49 rating fell from 0.5 to 0.3.  That makes almost 80% of its viewers over 50, not exactly the most adver...
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Twisted”

  Whenever The Killing feels badly about how abused it gets for being a lame murder mystery dotted with time-wasting red herrings, it can look over at TWISTED to boost its morale.  With the help of the biggest lead-in ABC...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/27/13

  Univision topped all but one English-language network last night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT won the night, but it only tied last week’s Tuesday low 2.2. ABC:  EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS was down 0.2 for the night...
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