Posts Tagged ‘TV ratings’
 

 

THE SKED: “Work It” Loses Job

> It looks like the men who made ABC’s WORK IT will have to don dresses to land their next gig:  after only 2 low-rated airings, the network has given in to the inevitable and pulled the awful show from its schedule....
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: NBC’s Early Start & Premiere Schedule

  NBC, as expected, is using its Summer Olympics coverage to launch some of its new fall shows, with a variety of stunt airings and “sneak peeks.”  On the other hand, some returning shows won’t arrive on...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY OFFICIAL RATINGS October 19

>As expected, Game 1 of the World Series on FOX went up in the official nationals (to a 4.2 Adult 18-49 rating — not far off the 4.1 forecast yesterday in our post about the history of Game 1 ratings). Only a few oth...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Network TV Update Thanksgiving

>Better late than never.  Thanksgiving was a pretty turgid night on network television.  TV usage drops through the floor with women, while usage levels for men are pretty good on Thanksgiving night — but they a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 5.30-31.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Cl...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 3.7-8.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/6/12

> A night of virtually all-new programming brought in plenty of viewers. CBS:  Back with new episodes for the first time in over a month, the network was up across the board by 0.2-0.4.  On a night where football reig...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update Aug 29-Sep 4

>Well, preseason NFL football was fun while it lasted.  The broadcast week just concluded (August 29-September 4) saw network weekly ratings come crashing down to earth.  FOX wilted to a summer low 1.1 weekly average,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Ratings Delays Due to Memorial Day Holiday

The Memorial Day holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS October 23

>ABC premiered Once Upon a Time last night with great success, a 3.9 Adult 18-49 rating, building impressively off a 1.5 rating lead-in from America’s Funniest Home Videos.  Viewers liked what they saw in the pilot a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/11/12

> GCB gives, even while DST taketh away. ABC:  GCB is a very bad show, but not an unpopular one.  Its 2.3 inched up over last week’s premiere, at least in preliminary numbers, and seemed to squeak out a timeslot...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/10/12

As expected, football adjustments in Boston and Houston lowered ABC’s and CBS’s numbers for the night, which are reflected below.  Also, GOSSIP GIRL, which was already at a season high, climbed even higher to a ge...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/8/12

> NBC comes face-to-face with its post-football Sunday. NBC:  No doubt the network thought that whatever the quality of its new series version of John Grisham’s THE FIRM (and that quality is quite bad), name value al...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/20/13

  Even more than usual, it was football’s night. NBC:  Peyton Manning’s return to Indianapolis was relentlessly hyped all week, especially when the Colts owner appeared to criticize him publicly.  The result was ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/2/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There were the usual 0.1 bumps (for THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and MODERN FAMILY on ABC, and for SURVIVOR and CRIMINAL MINDS on CBS), and dips (CSI). but the more interesting point is what didn’t g...
by Mitch Salem