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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.29.2020

Posted June 30, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TLC’s mighty 90 DAY FIANCE franchise dominated Monday cable at 0.82/0.52/0.49, compared to last week’s 0.85/0.58/0.56.  Bravo’s BELOW DECK dropped 0.08 to 0.55.  USA’s WWE telecast […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.26.2018

Posted May 30, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  DATELINE dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend didn’t have much original programming, and it was dominated by TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game at 3.39.  Assuming that the marathon of DINERS, DRIVE-INS […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.29.2018

Posted July 2, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The UNDERCOVER BOSS rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.  (Yes, not withstanding the chart below, it was a rerun.)  Also down 0.1:  the rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable at 0.64, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.11.2019

Posted March 12, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHELOR gained 0.1 in final numbers, and THE GOOD DOCTOR lost the same.  Elsewhere, MAN WITH THE PLAN went up 0.1, and THE ENEMY WITHIN was down the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.11.2020

Posted August 12, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The BLACK-ISH and HELL’S KITCHEN reruns lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Kamala Harris announcement put cable news at the top on Tuesday, with Fox News’s HANNITY at 0.44/0.69/4.6M, CNN’s SITUATION ROOM at 0.32/0.45/2M, and […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Wednesday Cable Originals: 9.17.2014

Posted September 18, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

NETWORK UPDATE:  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA lost 0.1 in final numbers to 2.0.  With quarter-hour info, the spread between the end of AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (which gained 0.1 in adjusted numbers) and LAURA also got starker:  a 1.1 gap between the 2.9 NBC had at 9:45PM and the 1.8 still watching LAURA at 10:30PM.  Of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.3.2015

Posted April 6, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers, and DATELINE rose by 0.2.  All the reruns on CW, including HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL, lost 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Friday cable at twin […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.20.2016

Posted August 23, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS coverage gained 0.3 in final numbers to 3.8.  Elsewhere, NFL Preseason games made for lots of changes.  On ABC, the LAST MAN STANDING, DR KEN and 20/20 reruns were all down 0.2, and BOSTON EMS fell 0.3.  On CBS, the final burned-off RUSH HOUR episode dropped 0.2, and […]

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