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The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS November 25

>A Friday night to forget last night to forget as the audience has better things to do (shop, see a movie, visit family, or basically anything else) than watch lame animated specials or Hollywood movies on television with more ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/16/11

> With reruns and holiday specials occupying most of the airwaves, NBC was able to grab a rare non-Sunday win. NBC:  The Peacock was the only network airing original scripted programming, and although CHUCK and GRIMM were ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/5/12

> Most of the other networks yielded the floor to ABC for the night. ABC:  GREY’S ANATOMY hadn’t aired a new episode, remarkably enough, since November 10, and viewers were thrilled to have it back, providing t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The SKed: TUESDAY RATINGS January 24 (State of the Union)

>State of the Union coverage (most of which is not actually rated because it is “sustaining” programming, i.e. no commercials) dominated the night.  The night only counts about half as much as a normal Tuesday ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD

> Americans, faced with tragedy, gather around their television sets.  For the death of Whitney Houston, that meant the GRAMMYS. CBS:  The sudden (and not so sudden) death of Whitney Houston turned the Grammys into An...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: Cable Ratings February 21-27

>The top two programs on cable this week aired on Sunday against the not-what-it-used-to-be but still very big Academy Awards on ABC.  Most notable was Walking Dead on AMC at 9:00 pm, just when the awards ceremony was gett...
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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/12/12

> SMASHWatch has a note from THE BACHELOR. NBC:  SMASH was down 0.3 last night, to a still-decent 2.4 that was nevertheless only 0.1 above its season low thus far.  But it faced atypical competition from the post-Bach...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS March 27

>The return of Dancing to Tuesday brought ABC back above a 2 rating and into second place, but far below the lofty 3.4 rating the network scored on this night a year ago.  Steady as always, CBS held on to first place for t...
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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/15/12

> NYC 22 goes down with the ship. CBS:  It was almost a full year ago that CBS announced the arrival of NYC 22 (which has changed titles since then), and after all that time… nobody cared.  The show debuted...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: HBO Re-Elects “Veep” and “Girls”

> HBO, to no one’s surprise, has renewed both its new half-hours, VEEP and GIRLS, for 2d seasons (10 episodes each).  Neither show is a ratings blockbuster (numbers aren’t available yet for last night, but the ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: FALL RATINGS PREDICTIONS — SUNDAY Night

Thanks to football, Sunday nights in the fall can be very misleading.  NBC will walk away with the night between September and December with an astounding 6.5 rating each Sunday in prime time during the NFL season.  For 18 we...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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The Sked: MAY SWEEP — (ALMOST) FINAL RESULTS

The May Sweep is almost in the books (official ratings for April 26-May 22 and fast national ratings for May 23), and FOX will finish #1 with the 2.4 rating we expected.  ABC closed well in the final few nights as CBS was in f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/21/12

ABC bundles up for a long, cold summer. ABC:  The Oklahoma City Thunder only had one win in them against the Heat, and while last night’s NBA FINALS Game 5 was the overwhelming winner of the night, beating all 5 competin...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Political Animals”

  POLITICAL ANIMALS: Sunday 10PM on USA 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 weig...
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/18/12

NBC’s preseason continues to play out well. NBC:  GO ON has yet to face any real competition, but it held well with a 3.3 last night, and the episode was better structured than last week’s, with one central Matthew...
by Mitch Salem
 
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