Posts Tagged ‘Touch’
 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/15/12

> Greendale Community College 4-Ever! NBC:  The network seized the opportunity opened by CBS’s sure-to-be-low-rated NCAA coverage, and COMMUNITY‘s 2.2 was by far its highest rating of the season.  In fact,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NIELSENWAR CHRONICLES – Friday

  Friday isn’t yet Saturday for the broadcast networks–there’s still plenty of original programming on the night.  But declining ratings and revenues have made it something like the network Island of Mis...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS May 17 — Fully Updated and Corrected

FOX won again last night, the final Thursday of the May Sweep.  An uptick in American Idol was partially erased by a downtick in Touch.  CBS was mostly original last night, although the key contributor (Big Bang Theory) wa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Huge Scandal Promotion Lures Few Viewers

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between April 2 and April 8, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read more&...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON FINALE REVIEW: “Touch”

TOUCH is a show that thrives on impenetrable mysteries, so perhaps one day it will solve its own.  The show was FOX’s big midseason drama play (Terra Nova was the fall’s), by virtue of being created by Heroes write...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD

> This is what it’s come to:  on a Thursday night, repeats of CBS sitcoms beat new NBC sitcoms in every half-hour. NBC:  Last night’s episode of THE OFFICE set a new all-time low of 2.1 2.2 (in final numbe...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/10/12

Not all season finales are created equal. NBC:  THE OFFICE and PARKS & RECREATION aired their season finales last night to no viewer excitement whatsoever:  Office was slightly down from the previous week to 2.2 (0.1 abov...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/3/12

> Big Bang makes one. CBS:  THE BIG BANG THEORY roared back from last week’s decline, up half a ratings point for its best number since March, and zooming past American Idol as the highest-rated show of the night.  T...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Changing Time Periods

>ShowBuzzDaily’s PROMO WATCH, our weekly look at how the networks spend their precious resource of on-air promotion time, will move to Wednesdays starting next week.  This will give us a better chance to see how each...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Behind The US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 7.7.2024

  OPENINGS:  DESPICABLE ME 4 (Illumination/Universal) arrived at the high end of expectations with a $75M 3-day weekend and $122.6M since its July 3 opening.  That was a tad below 2013’s Despicable Me 2, which also...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — FRIDAY & SATURDAY Nights

We are combining Friday and Saturday fall ratings projections into one post.  The two least-watched nights of television have relatively little value to advertisers (there are fewer people watching TV on these nights and the s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Seek “The Finder”

> FOX’s decision to move TOUCH to Thursdays and BONES to Mondays left THE FINDER as the odd show out, and today that other shoe fell:  Finder will run its remaining episodes (essentially burning them off) on Fridays ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: FOX Midseason Premiere Dates

  FOX announced the bulk of its midseason premieres today (THE GOODWIN GAMES, widely expected to air in Ben and Kate‘s Tuesday 8:30PM slot, remains TBD). AMERICAN IDOL will make its seasonal arrival, complete with ne...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH — Update through March 26 & Why So Few Promos on CBS?

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between March 20 and March 26, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read mor...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Believe”

  BELIEVE:  Sunday 9PM on NBC (Premiere Monday 10PM on March 10) – If Nothing Else Is On… Movie wizard and newly-minted Best Director Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron is the co-creator of BELIEVE (although it was n...
by Mitch Salem