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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.18.2019

Posted October 21, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  WWE SMACKDOWN, DATELINE and 20/20 all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s ALCS MLB PLAYOFFS game dominated Friday cable at 1.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was steady at 0.48.  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.10.2015

Posted April 13, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  A bumpy night for adjustments, with 0.1 deductions for 20/20, DATELINE, both reruns of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY, and the JANE THE VIRGIN rerun. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’S coverage of THE MASTERS took Friday cable honors […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Sunday 9.18.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted September 20, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.41, CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD dropped 0.11 to 0.47, THE $100,000 PYRAMID fell 0.09 to 0.35, and THE FINAL STRAW was down 0.11 to 0.17. CBS:  The season premiere of 60 MINUTES was hugely boosted by an NFL lead-in to 1.77.  BIG BROTHER rose […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.28.2019

Posted August 29, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The reruns of SINGLE PARENTS and CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD lost 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season 2 finale of YELLOWSTONE won the cable night at 0.59, up 0.06 from last week, and even more impressively […]

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THE SKED: Wednesday Scripted Cable Scorecard – 6/20/12

Posted June 21, 2012 by Mitch Salem

Dallas isn’t a flash in the pan. TNT:  The 2d episode of DALLAS held up well from its premiere–surprisingly, even more so with younger audiences than with total viewers.  18-49 demo number fell from 1.5 to 1.3, a 15% drop that’s more than reasonable given the premiere’s hype and the network’s huge marketing campaign for […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.25.2016

Posted May 26, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The season finale of SVU and ABC’s run of FINDING NEMO gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the season finale of SUPERNATURAL lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NBA PLAYOFFS were once again at the top of cable, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.26.2016

Posted April 27, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  So much for the excitement about CONTAINMENT growing from its premiere, as it gave back that 0.1 bump in final numbers.  (Although holding steady from a debut isn’t bad either.) Elsewhere, THE VOICE and the NCIS: NEW ORLEANS rerun gained 0.1, and the Prince NEW GIRL rerun lost 0.1.   […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 10.5.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals Network Finals UPDATED

Posted October 6, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE was at 0.76, down a tick from last Tuesday and down from 1.3 for its previous finale in 2019. CBS:  FBI dropped 0.09 to 0.59, FBI: INTERNATIONAL ticked up to 0.53, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down a tick to 0.53. NBC:  THE VOICE […]

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