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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.22.2017

Posted November 27, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE WALL and the SNL clip show gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the EMPIRE rerun lost the same.  In addition, note that most of the night’s shows, including THE WALL SURVIVOR, SEAL TEAM and CRIMINAL MINDS, despite being regular original episodes, are being designated as “specials” so keep […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals: 5.2.2015

Posted May 5, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  TNT carried the NBA PLAYOFFS Clippers/Spurs Game 7, and easily topped Saturday cable at 1.88.  Lifetime was strong with its CLEVELAND ABDUCTION movie at 0.93, followed by a BEYOND THE HEADLINES documentary special at 0.84.  The latter stages of the NFL DRAFT on ESPN scored 0.54.  Adult Swim’s late night block was solid although […]

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Top Cable and Broadcast Telecasts of the Week

Posted June 4, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Top cable and broadcast programs of the week (with last week for comparison).  Now that we are in the summer, swimming with repeats, we have extended the list to include programs with a 1.3 or 1.4 adult 18-49 rating. Looking ahead to the new week: Next week’s chart for June 3-9 will be topped by […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.20.2021

Posted February 23, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.59.  In addition, there were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for the NCIS: LA rerun and 48 HOURS, while NBC’s reruns of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and WEAKEST LINK dropped 0.1 and 0.2 respectively.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.30.2015

Posted September 1, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s PRESEASON FOOTBALL game (Arizona vs. Oakland) adjusted up by half a point to 2.4 in final numbers.  In addition, BIG BROTHER gained 0.1, as did the 7:30PM BOB’S BURGERS rerun (which had a football overrun as its lead-in). CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD was of course the behemoth of the night, falling […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Saturday Cable Originals: 4.11.2015

Posted April 14, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Saturday was very slow on cable, with the highest 18-49 rating a 0.37 for BELLA AND THE BULLDOG on Nickelodeon.  Spike’s AUCTION HUNGERS was at 0.31.  LOG CABIN LIVING (HGTV) was at 0.29/0.27, down more than […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 8.19.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted August 22, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.35. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION gained 0.06 to 0.24, followed by reruns at 0.18/0.21. NBC:  Reruns at 0.22/0.19. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN was up 0.03 to 0.47. CW:  KILLER CAMP ticked up to 0.04, followed by reruns at 0.03/0.04. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP rose 0.09 to 0.28, AMOR VALIENTE was […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.15.2016

Posted March 16, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  The 10PM episode of CROWDED and the rerun of THE FLASH each lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Remarkably, 6 of the Top 10 slots on Tuesday cable were filled by primary election coverage.  As usual, CNN led […]

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