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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.6.2020

Posted November 9, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The CBS news special gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News occupied the Top 30 slots on our chart, and CNN was again in the lead, peaking […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK THURSDAY SCORECARD – 7/31/14

Posted August 1, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  NETWORK UPDATE:  ROOKIE BLUE and NY MED were up 0.1 in final numbers–but not THE QUEST.  BIG BROTHER also gained 0.1.  THURSDAY CABLE:  The new series on USA and FX continued to flounder.  On USA, RUSH fell 15% to 0.41, while SATISFACTION was at least stable at 0.44.  Things were even worse at FX, where MARRIED dropped by […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.13.2015

Posted January 15, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Both NCIS: NEW ORLEANS and PERSON OF INTEREST added 0.1 in final numbers, as did the rerun of THE FLASH. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCF) topped Tuesday cable, although it was off 0.02 from […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 3.17.2015

Posted March 18, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  IZOMBIE lost 0.1 in final numbers, and THE FLASH gained the same, so the new show’s retention looked somewhat weaker.  On the other hand, IZOMBIE declined 0.1 15 minutes in, and then stayed solidly at 0.8 for the rest of the hour, indicating viewer satisfaction.  At NBC, UNDATEABLE and ONE BIG HAPPY […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.15.2017

Posted June 16, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The US OPEN coverage and 8PM rerun of THE WALL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There was a 3-way tie at the top of a low-rated cable night.  USA’s QUEEN OF THE SOUTH rose 0.02 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.16.2017

Posted September 19, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game held at 1.6, and FOX’s game rose 0.3 to 1.5.  In addition, RUNNING WILD gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL games and related programming occupied the Top 8 slots on […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.18.2019

Posted July 19, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELEMENTARY and the rerun THE WALL each lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s DR PIMPLE POPPER was again at the top of Thursday cable, but down 0.15 from last week to 0.52, with UNTOLD STORIES […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.17.2020

Posted November 18, 2020 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHLORETTE, BIG SKY, FBI and NEXT all gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led Tuesday cable at a steady 0.52, with a lead-out hour at 0.28.  Cable news was narrowly […]

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