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THE SKED SUNDAY SCRIPTED CABLE SCORECARD – 7/1/12

Posted July 3, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  We speculated yesterday that HBO might have carefully timed its renewal of THE NEWSROOM not to coincide with the show’s Episode 2 ratings, and we may have been right. HBO:  The Newsroom took a substantial hit from its premiere, down about 350,000 viewers (over 20%) and significantly older than it had been, with a […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 1.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted January 11, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE fell 0.14 to 0.50, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.12 to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was down 0.08 to 0.30. CBS:  The FBI franchise found the mothership up a tick to 0.61, INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.46, and MOST WANTED up 0.13 to 0.45. NBC:  After a year off TV […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Friday 6.24.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted June 27, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was dominant at 1.49. CBS:  The season finale of COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.02 to 0.20.  The DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS were at 0.21, down 0.02 from the 2021 ceremony. NBC:  After a rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.26, DATELINE was up 0.04 to […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.8.2016 (Now Updated)

Posted November 9, 2016 by Mitch Salem

              Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Election coverage took up more than half of the Tuesday cable Top 50 chart, and perhaps the only surprise, considering how the evening went, was that CNN and not Fox News took the lead, with the 11PM ET […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.13.2019

Posted May 14, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart         CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE telecast was at 0.90/0.81/0.70, compared to last week’s 0.79/0.73/0.64.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP lost 0.07 to 0.68, and TI & TINY was up […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.10.2018

Posted February 13, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  WINTER OLYMPICS coverage adjusted to 4.8, and ABC’s NBA game to 0.8.  In addition, the rerun of THE RESIDENT lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NBC Sports Net’s piece of WINTER OLYMPICS coverage accounted for half […]

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THE SKED: “Pretty Little Liars” Premieres Strong; Jury Out On “Twisted”

Posted June 12, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  ABCFamily had a big night on Tuesday with the Season 4 premiere of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, which had a 1.3 rating in 18-49s and 2.9M viewers, with even bigger numbers in the network’s target demos (4.1 in Females 12-34, 6.6 in Female Teens, 3.2 in Women 18-34 and 2.1 in Women 18-49).  The target […]

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The Sked: Cable Ratings January 3-9

Posted January 11, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>ESPN’s coverage of the BCS National Championship for college football Monday tops the cable ratings chart for the week of January 3-9.  This year’s 8.7 rating for the title game is down from a 10.1 last year — not surprising because LSU was shut out. MTV’s Jersey Shore season premiere was the top entertainment program […]

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