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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
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/26/12

  HBO:  This just in from the Department of Duh:  the season finale of TRUE BLOOD was the highest rated show on cable Sunday night, and would have been the highest rated on all of television if not for preseason football...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Cable Ratings May 1-7

The NBA Playoffs continue to dominate the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with two games hitting a 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 (Oklahoma City at Dallas on Thursday and the L.A. Lakers at Denver on Sunday, both on TNT an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports Ratings — NBA Playoffs Start Solidly; MLB Strikes Out

This weekend, the NBA playoffs got off to a solid start, with the eight games across two days and three networks up 6% from the same time periods last year.  The Lakers, Heat and Celtics/Knicks all broke a 3.5 household rating...
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THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  MAJOR CRIMES has been doing for TNT what it was created to do–that is, fill the hole left by the departure of the network’s long-running hit The Closer–and it’s earned the Season 2 renewal it̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through the First Friday (Updated with Tournament Averages to Date)

A very normal set of ratings for the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Friday, March 20, the second and final day of the Round of 64.  After a very exciting Thursday with many upsets and close games, Friday was more by the book, w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: “Major Crimes” Has Moderately Major Debut

  The older fans who cherished TNT’s THE CLOSER came out in force for its series finale on Monday night, boosting its total audience by 50% from last week to a massive (for cable) 9 million viewers.  In pure percent...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Dallas”

  DALLAS:  Monday 9PM on TNT The most important fact about this second season of the revamped DALLAS is, of course, the sad event that occurred off-screen:  the death of Larry Hagman, the legendary J.R. Ewing.  Hagman a...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Night Falls Swiftly For “Monday Mornings”

  Cable didn’t prove the cure for David E. Kelley’s recent ratings ills.  The debut of MONDAY MORNINGS only managed an anemic 1.34M viewers last night, about 40% of what the premiere for FX’s The America...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “The Closer”

  With the exception of those shows that don’t know they’re about to be canceled, rarely has a long-running series come to less of a conclusion than tonight’s last episode of THE CLOSER.  And with good r...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 2 REVIEW: “Major Crimes”

  MAJOR CRIMES:  Monday 9PM on TNT   A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and the production of episodes for the regular season: a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups w...
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THE SKED CABLE RATINGS: “Dallas” Exits On a High Note (And a Note On FOX News)

  TNT’s season finale of DALLAS, perhaps aided by USA’s decision to air a rerun Royal Pains in the timeslot, sprang to a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demo last night, its best rating since its 2d week on the air bac...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Franklin & Bash”

  FRANKLIN & BASH:  Wednesday 9PM on TNT Wednesdays have become series reclamation night on cable.  Last week we had Necessary Roughness adding John Stamos for a new series setting and a bit of zing; now FRANKLIN &am...
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THE SKED: The (Last) Return of “Entourage” and Cable Sundays

> On summer Sunday nights, the 4 broadcast networks air a grand total of zero hours of original scripted programming; instead, viewers get a strict diet of animated repeats (FOX) and unscripted series like Big Brother (CBS), Am...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/12/12

  Status was mostly quo in the Sunday night cable ratings. HBO:  The craziness that is TRUE BLOOD was down just a tick from last week, still overwhelmingly beating the rest of cable with 2.6 (and almost 80% of its viewers...
by Mitch Salem
 
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