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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.20.2016

Posted November 22, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Once the CBS numbers were scrubbed of their NFL overrun, 60 MINUTES dropped half a point to 2.6, NCIS: LA and ELEMENTARY each shed 0.1, and MADAM SECRETARY remained unchanged.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL itself adjusted to 6.2 for NBC, although that was down a big 1.5 from the previous […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.19.2018

Posted October 22, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another big night for sports.  Fox Sports 1’s NLCS game dominated Friday cable at 1.47, and ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.92/0.93.  A&E’s LIVE PD […]

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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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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.24.2020

Posted July 27, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun 20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although drastically down from the games that aired the night before, ESPN’s MLB BASEBALL tripleheader was still strong at 0.36/0.31/0.27.  Food Network’s DINERS, DRIVE-INS & DIVES gained […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.14.2015

Posted June 16, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS adjusted up to 7.6 in final numbers, and the pre-game primetime JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE fell correspondingly to 0.9.  In addition, the rerun of THE SIMPSONS gained 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The hand-wringing about all the terrible things that happen on GAME OF THRONES certainly isn’t hurting the ratings, as its season finale was […]

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THE SKED: A’Feudin’ and A-Watchin’

Posted May 29, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  History Channel has to be awfully happy with its decision to get into the scripted programming business.  Part 1 of HATFIELDS & MCCOYS (our review is here) premiered last night to the largest non-sports audience in basic cable history, almost 14 million people (17 million with the rebroadcast added), and what should be around […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.19.2016

Posted January 21, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  Things only got worse for AGENT CARTER in final numbers, with a 0.1 dip to 0.9 that made its new series low even lower.  Both HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT and CHICAGO PD, however, gained 0.1.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND topped Tuesday […]

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THE SKED’s Sat-Mon Cable Ratings Scorecard: 6/1-3/13

Posted June 4, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  SATURDAY BBCAMERICA:  The ORPHAN BLACK season finale didn’t push it anywhere near the ratings big leagues, but at least it rounded up to a 0.2 in 18-49s, and it skewed fairly young, with that demo making up more than half its 375K total viewers.  The finale was up 50% from the week before, however […]

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