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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.17.2015

Posted April 20, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 and 20/20 lost 0.1 in final Friday numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): It’s not currently on the chart below, because of the way Adult Swim lists it, but the highest-rated cable original […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.9.2016

Posted February 10, 2016 by Mitch Salem

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Final numbers were not kind to the night’s bubble shows, as THE MUPPETS, THE GRINDER and IZOMBIE all lost 0.1s they couldn’t spare.  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS was down 0.1 as well. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s THE PEOPLE VS. OJ SIMPSON topped Tuesday cable, but […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.15.2016

Posted May 17, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Sunday numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A fiery GAME OF THRONES towered over the rest of Sunday cable for HBO, remarkably up 0.22 to 3.92.  (And considering how this week’s episode ended, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.13.2016

Posted October 14, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

          NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 4.7 in final numbers, up 0.6 from last week’s game.  In addition, NOTORIOUS fell another 0.1, putting it at a new low 0.8.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s FALLING WATER premiered at a mediocre […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 2.24.2015

Posted February 25, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were quite a few 0.1 declines in final ratings, with FRESH OFF THE BOAT, NCIS, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, NEW GIRL and TV’S HOTTEST COMMERCIALS all taking the hit.  Only THE VOICE gained 0.1 from this morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.1.2015

Posted July 2, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, but there was no bump for EXTANT.  The only other changes were 0.1 declines for the reruns of ARROW and SUPERNATURAL. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY again led the cable night, down a hundredth to 0.86, but lead-out COUNTRY BUCKS fell a heavier 0.09/0.11 to […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.24.2016

Posted October 25, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  KEVIN CAN WAIT gained 0.1 in final numbers.  (MAN WITH A PLAN’s premiere stayed as-is, even to the next digit, as its final was 1.60.)  Things are starting to get ugly at TIMELESS, where an adjustment lowered the rating by 0.1 to a new low 1.3, barely ahead of […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.25.2016

Posted November 29, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  CBS’s airing of FROSTY THE SNOWMAN gained 0.1 in final numbers, but HOW MURRAY SAVED CHRISTMAS and DATELINE each dropped 0.1 for NBC.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night after Thanksgiving was another lean evening for original cable programming. […]

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