Posts Tagged ‘TV ratings’
 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/16/13

  Another dim night for most of the networks. NBC:  Last night marked the season’s final Friday airing of GRIMM before it moves to Tuesdays, and its send-off was unpromising, a 1.3 that was down 0.2 from its last ne...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Misfit Toys Scorecard – “Smash” vs. “Vegas”

  This is what it came to for SMASH and VEGAS, both starry, expensive shows that once had Emmy lights glittering in their eyes:  fighting it out for 3rd place at 8PM on a Saturday night.  Behind the 1.5 for a UFC match ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Friday Pre-Empted

  A brief ratings note:  the bulk of Friday’s network primetime schedule was preempted on the East Coast for live news coverage of the arrest of the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, and reruns were substituted for ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: NBC No Longer “Ready For Love;” A Promotion for “Grimm”

  After two episodes proving that even a lead-in from The Voice can’t rescue some shows, NBC’s Eva Longoria-produced READY FOR LOVE is no more, yanked off the Tuesday schedule and with no airing of its remainin...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Da Vinci” Keeps Painting

  Starz has been exceptionally tolerant of ratings that other networks might find discouraging, and without even waiting to see how DA VINCI’S DEMONS will perform without a Spartacus lead-in, the network has already ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED MONDAY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 4/15/13

  SYFY:  The multiplatform DEFIANCE is the biggest project Syfy has tried to launch in quite a while, and its debut was fair if not overwhelming with a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo (only about 45% of the 2.7M total viewers were ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED WEEKEND CABLE RATINGS ROUND-UP – 4/12-14/13

  FRIDAY STARZ:  It doesn’t appear as though DA VINCI’S DEMONS is going to be a gamechanger for Starz, as the series debuted with a tame 0.4 in 18-49s, about half of the total viewership of 1M.  That was comi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/14/13

  It was almost like football season last night, with a sports overrun claiming Sunday’s biggest rating by far. CBS:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  “The Masters over-run into CBS prime time last night (including two su...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Smash” and A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway

  Believe it or not, now that it’s far too late and the closing notice has all but been posted, SMASH aired its best episode of the season last night–not remotely what some of us hoped the show would be at the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/12/13

  No good news for the shows that most needed it. ABC:  The second week of HAPPY ENDINGS‘ Big Friday Dump was even worse than the first, its two half-hours scoring 0.8/0.6, down from last week’s 1.1/1.0.  Cre...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/9/13

  NBC’s curse continues. NBC:  The network really thought it had something with the dating show READY FOR LOVE, promoting it like crazy and clearing Tuesdays of Go On, The New Normal and Smash so it could pair 2-hou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY/MONDAY CABLE RATINGS SCORECARD – 4/7-8/13

  SUNDAY HBO:  Westeros ruled the night, as GAME OF THRONES took the Sunday lead now that The Walking Dead and The Bible are done, down just a tick from last week’s premiere to 2.3, plus another 0.6 for the 10PM re-...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/8/13

  The NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME owned the night, yet didn’t disrupt anyone else very badly. Fast national ratings for Monday (with CBS adjusted upward by ShowbuzzDaily to estimate the ultimate time-zone adjus...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED CABLE NEWS: “Mad Men” Premieres Slightly Down, “Bates Motel” Books Another Season

  Six seasons in, it’s probably safe to say that the people who watch MAD MEN are the people who watch Mad Men, and the ratings for last night’s Season 6 premiere were by and large very steady with last year...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Justified” Finale Runs Low On Ratings Bullets

  The critical consensus on this season of JUSTIFIED–including here–was that it was excellent, perhaps the best of the series so far.  Viewers, though, seemed less enthused, as last night’s season finale...
by Mitch Salem