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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/18/11

> Something unusual for NBC these days:  good news. NBC:  A 1.6 rating may not sound like anything to celebrate, but it’s a pretty good number for Friday night (only one show all evening did better last night).&...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: NBC Needs & Possibilities

> Today Mitch Metcalf, veteran programming executive Ted Frank and I continue our week-long pre-Upfronts look at the challenges facing each of the broadcast networks and their potential strategies for next season.  We̵...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/26/13

CBS is going to win this season, but not on the strength of its new series. CBS:  The one area where CBS has been weak this season (although no weaker than anyone else) has been in launching new series, with only Elementary ha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/9/11

> A seemingly atypical night turned out to be fairly typical after all. ABC:  The network preempted its entire line-up for the CMA AWARDS, and did very well, with a preliminary 4.8 that was up a tick from last year’s...
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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday October 12 and Sunday October 13, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television popul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED: “The Americans” Get New Visas

  THE AMERICANS rebounded a bit in the ratings last night, rising to a 0.8 after 2 weeks of declines, but even if it had just held steady, FX would probably have awarded it a Season 2 renewal any time now.  As it is, the ...
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The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS March 4

>ABC wins the night but has a fairly disappointing debut of GCB.  Additionally, all the networks — including ABC — are down significantly versus the same night last year.  The four broadcast networks have ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/25/12

  No real winners. FOX:  People forget just how much NEW GIRL had slipped since the heady days of its premiere–although it sounds awful to compare last night’s pair of 2.7s to that 4.8 start a year ago, the ev...
by Mitch Salem
 
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THE SKED: Ratings That Mean Something… and Ratings That Don’t

  Every Sunday now, the networks issue press releases to celebrate the giant gains made by shows during the full week following their initial airing, ratings known as “L7.”  Armed with numbers from a couple of...
by Mitch Salem
 
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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/13/14

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  INTELLIGENCE added a meaningless 0.1 in final numbers, giving it a still-terrible 1.2.  THE BACHELOR (up to 2.3) and MOM (2.2) also gained 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  The first Monday airing of ARCHER slipp...
by Mitch Salem
 
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The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS March 5

> With the February sweep over, we enter the treacherous March/April period, where more than half the time periods on the broadcast networks have repeat episodes on any given week.  Having originals is a distinct advantage...
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THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/31/13

NBC looks to its past–and faces its present. NBC:  30 ROCK had a nice send-off, a 1.9 that was up half a point from last week as old fans gathered to watch the gang one last time.  But “catastrophic” doesn&#...
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THE SKED: “Man Up!” Goes Down

> ABC has decided that MAN UP! isn’t even worthy of sullying its Tuesday 8:30PM timeslot during the low-rated holiday season.  Effective immediately, it’s off the schedule, replaced for now by repeats of LAST M...
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THE SKED: Friday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/23/11

> It was a sleepy first Friday for premiere week. CBS:  The network’s marketing team doesn’t have all that much to boast about this week:  2 Broke Girls had a monster opening, but that was because of its e...
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SKEDBALL: March Madness Begins

The NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, began rather quietly Tuesday night with two of “First Four” play-in games.  The 6:30 pm game last night averaged 903,000 persons 2+, somewhat below the 1 million numbe...
by Mitch Metcalf
 
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