Posts Tagged ‘TV ratings’
 

 

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS December 20

>NBC managed to win last night (the only network to average a 2 rating across the evening) by programming an original game show and a Christmas-themed SNL special (the same strategy the network employed last year on this night)...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Cable Ratings April 3-9

>History’s Pawn Stars returned with original episodes Monday at 10 pm, powering the reality hit to the top of the weekly cable ratings chart to a very good 2.0 rating with Adults 18-49.  That puts Pawn Stars tied for...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: Cable Ratings July 26-August 1

>Over the past seven days (last Tuesday through Monday night), the cable landscape again was led by the vampires of TRUE BLOOD on HBO’s signature Sunday night.  ENTOURAGE fell off our list (down to a 1.2 rating ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/23/13

  Welcome to the 2013-14 broadcast network TV season–where what was supposed to be the first clash of the titans has already turned out to be no contest at all. NBC:  With the much-hyped return of the original judge...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/13/13

A bad night for most. CBS:  SURVIVOR returned from its hiatus with its lowest cycle premiere ever, a 2.4 that was down 0.7 from last Spring’s start.  The show ran 90 minutes, and CBS filled in the gap with a 1.6 BIG BAN...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/18/13

  Whatever Undercover Boss did last night, it should do that again. CBS:  On a mostly quiet network night, UNDERCOVER BOSS zoomed by half a ratings point to 1.8–not quite the biggest show of the evening, but close.�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.31-2.1.2015

Scroll down for the complete round-up of Super Bowl Sunday (pre-game and post-game), as well as other sports over the weekend in the normal SKEDBALL weekly format.  But first, Super Bowl tracks for metered market overnight rat...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 8/2/12

  Some networks were untouched by the massive Olympics ratings being piled up by NBC, while others appeared to be hit hard. USA:  Last night’s BURN NOTICE showed the limitations of the USA house format, as what shou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7/12/12

Big Brother returns, to limited viewer excitement. CBS:  The network won the night with the premiere of BIG BROTHER, which was down 0.2 from last year’s debut at 2.6.  Last night’s score was actually lower than th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/15/13

  FOX:  The debut of FOX’s regular Friday night line-up didn’t go very well.  The costs of a Friday move were high for BONES, which plunged 0.8 from this past Monday to a new low 1.2, also down 0.3 from last ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS March 18

>Another weak Sunday night on network television.  CBS narrowly won the night with Adults 18-49 in the preliminary fast nationals, thanks to coverage of the NCAA Basketball Tournament until 7:43 pm.  ABC was down from...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL — Day 7

Day 7 of the World Cup (Wednesday) turned in mediocre ratings on ESPN by 2014 standards (2.3 to 3.2 million viewers for the three matches, on the bottom half of the ranking chart).  But the 2:30 and 5:30 matches yesterday woul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/1/14

  The first night of 2014 was the last of the network holiday blahs. CBS:  The Eye’s reruns scored better than anyone else’s, sparked by 1.3 for CRIMINAL MINDS. ABC:  CBS took the night, but MODERN FAMILY was...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 1 and Sunday March 2, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: CABLE RATINGS September 27-October 3

>Sports dominate the top of the weekly cable ratings chart.  ESPN’s NFL Monday Night Football was #1 again in the cable world, although down from a 7.2 demo rating last week when the more attractive Dallas-Washington...
by Mitch Metcalf