Posts Tagged ‘TV ratings’
 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/24/12

We don’t have numbers for The Newsroom yet, but the show certainly won’t be able to blame the broadcast network competition if its ratings disappoint. NBC:  The network won the night with 1.2s across the board, inc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Sunday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/25/11

> The season’s first week came to an end with more of a whimper than a bang. ABC:  All things considered, PAN AM got off to a solid start (insert “good take-off,” “little turbulence” or simila...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Sunday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/16/11

> On a night when the most interesting rating is likely to be on cable (the return of Walking Dead on AMC), there wasn’t much good news for any broadcast network. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME is premiering 8PM next Sunday,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 2.27-28.2016

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 27 and Sunday February 28, 2016. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S STATE OF THE NETWORK: CW

  The Sked’s State of the Network Reports:  NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX Of the 10 hours each week programmed by the CW network, a grand total of 3 regularly have ratings over 0.6.  This gives rise to the question:  how ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS March 8

>Back to a first place tie on Thursday between CBS (with mostly original episodes this week) and FOX (with Idol down to a one-hour edition) followed by The Finder.  You will notice we do not have year-to-year comparisons f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Ratings Obsession — What Does a Tenth of a Rating Point Really Mean?

>When the television ratings come in each morning, there is often a lot of attention paid to a rating that might be up only one tenth of a rating point from the prior week or the prior year.  (More recently, most ratings i...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 10 & 11

Saturday and Sunday results for ESPN added to the table below.  ABC’s Sunday results to come later this week. If you are looking for an earlier match not listed in today’s Top 10, please visit previous versions of ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/25/12

> The last dull night of network TV for 4 weeks. ABC:  With MODERN FAMILY airing a repeat (as well as THE MIDDLE and SUBURGATORY), DON’T TRUST THE B– IN APT 23 crashed to a 2.0 rating.  That was a bit high...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Quarterfinals (part 2)

Ratings for Saturday’s Netherlands vs Costa Rica match on ESPN have been added to the chart below.  Nothing spectacular: ranking #11 out of 59 matches to date, with demographic ratings slightly below the Knockout Stage a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (through 4 nights)

>With four nights of the May Sweep in (Thursday’s official ratings and Friday-Sunday’s fast national ratings), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast season, when ratings...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.14-15.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday November 14 and Sunday November 15, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/16/18

American Idol isn’t scary anymore. FOX:  As Mitch Metcalf detailed this morning, AMERICAN IDOL‘s 6.0 season debut–while obviously still a huge number for any network series–was down 1.4 ratings points f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Accelerating Broadcast Declines & Forecast Full Season Ratings

>The ugly second half of the 2011-12 television season rolls on, and its not getting any prettier for the broadcast networks.  In fact, the combined rating for the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX) the past two we...
by Mitch Salem