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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.22.2018

Posted November 27, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

          NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s NFL game adjusted to 6.6.  In addition, after adjustment for FOX’s late afternoon game, MASTERCHEF JR adjusted down 0.2 to 1.7.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a sports- and rerun-heavy holiday, the top show on Thanksgiving cable was Hallmark’s […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.17.2021

Posted August 18, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

      BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS: ABC:  An all-evening marathon of HOME ECONOMICS reruns, with a 0.18-0.33 range. CBS:  Reruns at 0.26-0.29. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked down to 0.94, and COLLEGE BOWL dipped 0.04 to 0.39. FOX:  LEGO MASTERS slipped 0.02 to 0.46, while FANTASY ISLAND fell 0.11 from last week’s premiere to 0.27. CW:  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.20.2020

Posted April 21, 2020 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On AMC, the season finale of BETTER CALL SAUL was at 0.39, steady with last week and down 0.08 from last season’s finale, and DISPATCHES FROM […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.14.2019

Posted March 15, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC and CBS were weirdly full of 0.1 declines in final numbers:  respectively for both episodes of FAM and the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY and SWAT; and for SUPERSTORE, AP BIO, WILL & GRACE and SVU.  In addition, for the 2nd consecutive week, FOR THE PEOPLE lost […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.4.2019

Posted May 7, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 2.3.  In addition, the primetime SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD topped Saturday cable, up 0.07 to 0.67.  Note that the programs listed […]

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Republican National Convention Ratings: 2016 Night 1

Posted July 19, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The first night of the Republican National Convention is up from the last two conventions in terms of total viewers (22.5 million viewers 2+ live+same day in the 10 pm ET hour on the three broadcast networks and three cable networks, up 2 million from 2012 and up 3.6 million from 2008).  With the key […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 9.6.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted September 8, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE lost 0.06 to 0.85, and ULTIMATE SURFER ticked up to 0.31. CBS:  Reruns at 0.20-0.32. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR dropped 0.07 to 0.47, and THE WALL was down a tenth to 0.32. FOX:  HELL’S KITCHEN fell 0.14 to 0.50, followed by a special episode at 0.48. CW:  ROSWELL, […]

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THE SKED: “The Americans” Starts Strong; “House of Cards” Will Be A Mystery

Posted January 31, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  FX’s new series THE AMERICANS got off to a fast start last night, with a 1.2 in the 18-49 demo for its initial airing at 10PM, and 3.2M total viewers.  (Those numbers get bumped up to 2.0 and 4.7M when late-night re-airings are added.)  The 10PM numbers were comparable to the launches of American […]

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