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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.9.2015

Posted December 10, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change in final numbers was a 0.1 boost for the rerun of MAT FRANCO’S GOT MAGIC. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK jumped 0.23 to take Wednesday cable with 1.12, a rating that may have driven THE […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.15.2016

Posted October 18, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.2 to 2.7 in final numbers, and NBC’s game also gained 0.2 to 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s coverage of the Cubs vs. Dodgers BASEBALL PLAYOFFS won Saturday cable at […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Friday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 8.14.2015

Posted August 17, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NOTE–Because of the NFL preseason preemptions on Friday night, comparisons are to last Friday’s numbers rather than the Saturday morning preliminaries.  ABC:  the SHARK TANK rerun was steady at 0.9, and WHAT WOULD YOU DO and 20/20 were each down 0.1 to 0.9 and 0.8.  CBS:  all the reruns were down, ELEMENTARY and HAWAII […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Update: 11.29.2015

Posted December 2, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted up to 8.5, a huge 2.2 higher than last week’s final number.  Elsewhere, both 60 MINUTES (2.6) and MADAM SECRETARY (1.3) gained 0.1.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The midseason finale of AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD was of course mammoth, up 0.37 […]

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EXPANDED SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Update: 11.19.2015

Posted November 20, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

      NETWORK UPDATE:  As expected, football adjustments lowered CBS’s numbers, although not as drastically as last week’s.  THE BIG BANG THEORY remained at 3.8 (up 0.1 from last week’s final), LIFE IN PIECES was down 0.2 to 1.8 (steady), MOM lost 0.1 to 1.7 (up 0.2), 2 BROKE GIRLS fell 0.2 to 1.7 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.29.2016

Posted November 30, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE and FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but NO TOMORROW dropped the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND rose 0.12 to take Wednesday cable honors at 0.87, with HUNTING HITLER up […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Saturday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 7.25.2015

Posted July 28, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  FOX’s UFC FIGHT NIGHT climbed 0.2 in final numbers to 1.1.  However, the premiere of BOSTON EMS and the reruns of BATTLEBOTS and NCIS: LA each lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The top Saturday cable “original” actually doesn’t appear on the chart because technically it was a rerun, but as we’ve been reminded by […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.12.2016

Posted January 13, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  NEW GIRL gained 0.1 in final numbers, while HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT lost the same.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The newly rebranded Freeform network (which had been ABCFamily) started strong, as the time-jumped PRETTY LITTLE LIARS opened at 1.06, up 0.13 from last January’s premiere.  SHADOWHUNTERS […]

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