Posts Tagged ‘TV ratings’
 

 

NIELSENWAR: The Shrinking Landscape of Network Television

  The networks have announced most of their midseason plans by now, issuing back orders or canceling the series introduced to great fanfare just 6 weeks ago and shuffling some time slots, and one thing has becoming increas...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/8/13

  Take a look at Mitch Metcalf’s Ratings Charts post today for a detailed explanation of the effect that last night’s NFL Preseason Football had on the night’s local ratings and why.  Viewers are so thri...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 5.28-29.2016

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 28 and Sunday May 29, 2016 (and Monday May 30 for NBA and NHL playoffs). The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/9/12

That didn’t take long. ABC:  At twin 1.6s, LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY are still “hits” by Friday standards.  (Just ask NBC, which has been calling Grimm a hit for a year and a half with ratings at ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/25/13

CBS takes a hit. CBS:  The only good news of the night was that HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER held steady at 3.4 (although the episode itself was another “running in place” half-hour, as the show continues to put off reach...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/21/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, adjusted numbers leveled much of the day’s playing field.  HART OF DIXIE and BEAUTY & THE BEAST reverted to last week’s 0.4/0.3 ratings, while at CBS, HOW I MET YOUR MOTH...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS January 22

>FOX should be well above a 20 rating (we are saying a 21) when the official nationals are in tomorrow for 7-11 pm Sunday.  This is well above CBS’s performance on this night last year, when the game ended on time at...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Advisory — ABC Ratings Will Be Inflated Tuesday Morning

>When you see the fast nationals Tuesday morning, ABC’s ratings for Dancing with the Stars and Castle will be overstated by at least a few tenths of a rating point.  WXYZ, the ABC station in Detroit, is carrying the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 6.6-7.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Cl...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS October 3

>Terra Nova managed to do what almost no new show can pull off — a week two rating equal to the premiere.  Looking at the entire night, CBS continues to own Monday, while FOX is in the game now and ABC has totally bl...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 1.3-4.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 3 and Sunday January 4, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television populati...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS January 11

>ABC won another Wednesday, thanks to a very solid schedule top to bottom.  NBC launched its new Wednesday 8-9 comedy hour to okay results, but remember in week two Whitney and Chelsea will face the venerable American Idol...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: FOX Retreats, Shifts “American Idol”

  AMERICAN IDOL used to be the school bully; now it cringes in the network equivalent of the assistant principal’s office.  FOX announced today that as of March 13, Idol is fleeing its Big Bang Theory competition an...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/9/12

      Sometimes a win can also be a disappointment. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL was the highest rated show on the air last night, and gave FOX the nightly win.  But… its 4.4 was a series Wednesday low, down 0.3 f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

NIELSENWAR Week 3: Night-By-Night Network Ratings Impact

  What do we know that we didn’t know last week? Here’s the big-picture view of where each network’s primetime average stands in comparison to 2012-13 after 3 full weeks of the season: NBC: 2.84 (+0.9%) C...
by Mitch Salem