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NIELSENWAR: “Game of Thrones” Premiere and Other Early Sunday Cable Numbers

Posted April 7, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  It was a dull week for the broadcast networks, with little variation from the week before.  CBS had the advantage, thanks to the series finale of How I Met Your Mother, giving it a 2.16 average in 18-49s for the week (5 nights same day finals, 2 nights overnights), up 0.08.  ABC followed with […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.6.2016

Posted November 8, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.6, up 0.1 from last week’s final number.  The CBS line-up adjusted upward when its NFL overrun was excluded, with 60 MINUTES up 0.03 to 2.4, NCIS: LA up 0.1 to 1.4, and MADAM SECRETARY up 0.1 to 1.0.  In addition, ELEMENTARY, which didn’t […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 11.23.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted November 24, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.07 to 0.62, and QUEENS was down 0.02 to 0.26. CBS:  Reruns at 0.47/0.38/0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE slipped 0.03 to 0.79, LA BREA fell 0.14 to 0.46 (between the 2 shows, the network ran a 5-minute promo for next summer’s JURASSIC WORLD installment, which was rated at 0.67).  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.31.2019

Posted April 2, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustment for the NCAA overrun, 60 MINUTES gained 0.4, and NCIS: LA and MADAM SECRETARY were both up 0.1.  Elsewhere, GOOD GIRLS rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The news was familiar for AMC’s THE […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.17.2016

Posted July 19, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  The new CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD and THE $100,000 PYRAMID both gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The big winner of Sunday cable was unquestionably Starz, which smashed past HBO and Showtime with a series-high 1.10 rating for […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.7.2017

Posted August 8, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 led Monday cable with LOVE & HIP-HOP up 0.05 to 1.13, as BASKETBALL WIVES gained 0.09 to 1.04. USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.06/1.05/1.03, compared […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.4.2020

Posted August 5, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was TNT’s turn at the top of cable with an NBA doubleheader at 0.71/0.41.  Cable news was led by Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.40/0.63/4M, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.27.2018

Posted August 28, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  PENN & TELLER: FOOL US gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of MOM lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’S WWE telecast led Monday cable at 1.04/0.97/0.89, compared to last week’s 1.09/1.05/1.04.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP dipped […]

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