Posts Tagged ‘TV ratings’
 

 

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
 

 
 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS March 29

>FOX narrowly won Thursday night, with CBS back in a close second place, returning with original episodes of its line up after a two week break for college basketball.  Lest there be any doubt about ABC’s Missing or ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/5/12

Not a good night for grand dames.   NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT got things off to a 3.4 start, by far the biggest broadcast rating of the night, and enough to singlehandedly give the night to NBC.  But LOVE IN THE W...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS November 20 & Sweep Update

>Last night, NBC won the night with an estimated 6.5 Adult 18-49 rating (this is an adjustment from the fast national number to what we think the official national number will be tomorrow morning).  The game itself startin...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: Judgment Day For Fall Series

  If you’re a fall series that hasn’t heard any news of your fate by Thanksgiving, the omens aren’t good–at that point, production of the initial 13 episodes is all but done, and for reasons of cost...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 12.13-14.2014

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 13 and Sunday December 14, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popu...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WORLD CUP SKEDBALL: Day 8

As we move into the second week of the 2014 World Cup, a few changes to the daily chart.  The most recent match ratings are now at the top of the chart in bold.  The first number for each recent match is the total viewer rank...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS January 8

>CBS rode a preliminary 13.7 Adult 18-49 rating from 7:00-8:17 pm last night for the prime time portion of the Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos wild card playoff game.  The official rating for that segment will rise t...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/4/12

Lingerie beats larynxes. CBS:  The VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW, while down almost a ratings point from last year’s installment, still scored as the highest-rated show of the night (doubling recent numbers for Ve...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: MAY SWEEP UPDATE (7 of 28 nights)

>With a full week of ratings for the May Sweep in (Thursday-Tuesday’s official ratings and Wednesday’s fast national ratings), here’s an early look at the final major ratings sweep period of the broadcast seas...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/14/14

  UPDATE:  SHARK TANK climbed another 0.1 to 2.0, while there were 0.1 drops for THE NEIGHBORS, UNDERCOVER BOSS, ENLISTED (giving FOX triple 0.5s across the night), BLUE BLOODS and DATELINE. FRIDAY CABLE:  GOLD RUSH (Dis...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: MAY SWEEP — (ALMOST) FINAL RESULTS

The May Sweep is almost in the books (official ratings for April 26-May 22 and fast national ratings for May 23), and FOX will finish #1 with the 2.4 rating we expected.  ABC closed well in the final few nights as CBS was in f...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS November 3 & Sweep Update

>Last night, FOX won again with a slipping X Factor and the premiere of Bones.  FOX averaged a 3.5 Thursday night, up sharply from the 2.2 the network averaged the same night last year with Bones and Fringe.  CBS was ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/15/12

  This is why CBS doesn’t need to change its line-up much for the Fall. FOX:  Although the ratings don’t reflect it, last night’s 2-hour GLEE  included probably the series’ strongest episodes of t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/14/12

NBC wins a night it would have won even without the Olympics. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the highest rated show of the night with the same 2.7 rating it had before the Olympics.  A cutdown version of the STARS EARN ...
by Mitch Salem