Posts Tagged ‘TV ratings’
 

 

THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/15/13

A good night for Tom Selleck fans, and not much more. CBS:  BLUE BLOODS was the highest rated show of the night, up 0.3 to 1.7.  However, it’s not clear at this point how much local preemptions for basketball championsh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: MONDAY Ratings Preview

>The new television season is here.  The kids are back in school, summer is a distant memory, and the Emmy telecast has ended.  It’s time for the networks to unleash a flurry of season premieres and series debut...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Week 2 + 1 – CBS Network Scorecard

> The third week of a network season is a critical one.  Ratings erosion after a series or season premiere is expected and even acceptable, because it’s understood that not every viewer drawn by hype and marketing wi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/1/13

  Except for football and a football-adjacent show, no network programming on Sunday night even hit a 2 rating. ABC:  As it heads towards its midseason climax, ONCE UPON A TIME tied its series low 1.9.  The Hallmark Hall of ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS October 16

>A sub-par Sunday Night Football game turned in a 5.7 Adult 18-49 rating in the fast nationals last night on NBC.  The game will probably go up to a 6.0 or 6.1 in the official nationals, enough to win the night but fa...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 12.5-6.2015

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday December 5 and Sunday December 6, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television popula...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/3/11

> The news was mostly good for the networks last night–except for the one show whose news was fatal. FOX:  If anything, FOX seems to have been the victim of its own hype this fall.  Like The X-Factor, TERRA NOVA...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD 2/11/13

The Following is losing its own. FOX:  After two strong weeks to start, THE FOLLOWING had its second consecutive ratings drop, this time falling a serious 0.5 to an only moderately positive 2.4, just good enough for 3rd place ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 9/20/13

  Friday wasn’t a friendly neighborhood for ABC’s new arrival. ABC:  THE NEIGHBORS arrived on Fridays with a 1.2 thud, down from all its Wednesday numbers and also down 0.3 from its LAST MAN STANDING lead-in.�...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

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

      DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES in the home stretch. ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME aired a strong pre-season finale episode, setting up a big good-vs-evil confrontation next week, and held steady at 3.0 for the 3rd consecut...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SKEDBALL: March Madness TV Ratings through First Friday

Through Friday, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is averaging almost 8.5 million persons 2+ live+same day on CBS and three Turner networks (TNT, TBS and TruTV), now even with last year as well as the 2012-2016 averag...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Summer Broadcast Ratings Update August 8-14

>The broadcast week just concluded (August 8-14) was won by FOX, thanks to the finale of So You Think You Can Dance and NFL Preseason football on Friday (Tampa Bay at Kansas City).  The 1.6 rating for football does not sou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Cable Ratings December 27-January 2

>New Year’s week was a busy one for cable.  Just as the NFL (on ESPN Monday and NFL Network Thursday) leaves the stage, BCS college football steps in to take its place at the top of the weekly cable rankings.  T...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 7

>American Idol is still way down from last year, but last night’s episode ticked from the past few weeks.  But The Voice also had a good week — so Idol remains behind the pace of the upstart singing show. ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK/CABLE SCORECARD – 10/24/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  WORLD SERIES GAME 2 ended up at an adjusted 3.6, just where we expected and slightly above last year’s Game 2.  There weren’t a lot of additional adjustments, but a couple of them were si...
by Mitch Salem