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Top Cable (and Broadcast) Shows of the Week

Posted April 9, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated weekly ranking of top cable and broadcast programs.  A broadcast network reclaimed the top spot this past week (CBS’s Saturday night telecast of the Syracuse-Michigan Final Four game), mainly because Walking Dead concluded its season last week.  Otherwise, AMC would have been atop the heap again.   There are a lot of empty spaces on this […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.23.2020

Posted June 24, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of BLACK-ISH, MIXED-ISH and FBI: MOST WANTED lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tuesday cable notched another win for Fox News, with TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.41/0.67/4.3M, while MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW was at […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 10.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted October 11, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE fell 0.12 to 0.44, and THE GOOD DOCTOR plunged 0.14 to 0.25. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dipped 0.03 to 0.49, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.03 to 0.41.  NCIS lost 0.04 to 0.39, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.06 to 0.28. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.72, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.18.2020

Posted February 20, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  NEW AMSTERDAM lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES led Tuesday cable, down a tick to 0.39.  ESPN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL games were at 0.38/0.18/0.15.  On Discovery, MOONSHINERS fell 0.09 to 0.26, and GUARDIANS OF […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Tuesday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 9.23.2014

Posted September 24, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The ratings adjustment gods were kind to ABC, as DANCING WITH THE STARS climbed 0.1 to 1.7, AGENTS OF SHIELD gained 0.2 to a more presentable 2.1, and FOREVER went up 0.1 to 1.8–which gave it 2d place in the hour, over CBS’s PERSON OF INTEREST, because that show lost 0.1 in […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.29.2016

Posted November 1, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Game 4 of the WORLD SERIES adjusted up 0.4 to 4.2, and ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.3 to 1.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was a typical fall Saturday on cable, dominated by COLLEGE FOOTBALL. ESPN […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.6.2018

Posted September 7, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  The NFL KICKOFF GAME adjusted to 6.7.  Elsewhere, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE easily led Thursday cable at 0.86, up 0.06 from last week, but PRETTY LITTLE MAMAS was down 0.06 to […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.6.2015

Posted June 9, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  Game 2 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up by 0.2 to 1.9 in final numbers.  FOX’s MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage remained at 0.5. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports was at the top of Saturday cable, with HBO’s BOXING coverage (which the network reports in pieces) ranging from 0.71 to 0.57.  The UEFA CHAMPION LEAGUE […]

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