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THE SKED: Cable Premiere Ratings

Posted January 9, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  It’s been a busy couple of days for premieres and returns on basic cable (pay cable’s big night is this upcoming Sunday, when both HBO and Showtime begin their winter schedules).  The winner:  PRETTY LITTLE LIARS on ABCFamily, with a strong 1.4 rating in 18-49s that was beaten for the night only by an […]

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Republican National Convention Ratings: 2016 Night 2

Posted July 20, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

The second night of the Republican National Convention declined to 19.4 million persons 2+ across the three broadcast networks and three cable networks in the 10-11 pm ET hour (from 22.5 million Monday) and now slightly below the comparable night in 2012 and 2008.   Viewing in the 25-54 sales demographic really suffered, falling to 5.7 […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 11.2.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted November 3, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.04 to 0.67, and QUEENS was down 0.03 to 0.28. CBS:  Back from 2 weeks of reruns, FBI dropped 0.12 to 0.58, FBI: INTERNATIONAL fell 0.12 to 0.46, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.19 to 0.44. NBC:  A recap episode of THE VOICE was at 0.54, down […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals: 8.31.2014

Posted September 3, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  Below are the ratings in key demos for Sunday’s Top 25 original cable telecasts, plus a few more of interest.  If you’d like additional lower-rated series included in the latter list, please let us know.  Some analysis and context follow the chart. Several networks took the Sunday of Labor Day weekend off, notably HBO, […]

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THE SKED: “Downton Abbey” Classes Up the Nielsens

Posted February 23, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> Matthew and Lady Mary 4Ever! The second season finale of DOWNTON ABBEY was watched by 5.4 million people, and while that may not sound like a lot (it’s about the same number as watched last night’s episode of Happy Endings, 3rd place in its timeslot), for PBS it’s pretty much Avatar.  It was the […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 100 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 6.25.2015

Posted June 26, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The only change from this morning’s numbers was a 0.1 bump for BIG BROTHER. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN dominated with its coverage of the NBA DRAFT, scoring 1.53 for the draft telecast itself (all nearly 5 hours of it–we don’t have an hour-by-hour breakdown), 1.01 for the pre-show, and 0.71 for the post show SPORTSCENTER.  […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.28.2020

Posted September 29, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMERGENCY CALL lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN didn’t have to share MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL with ABC this week, so ESPN-to-ESPN, the rating was up a huge 1.90 to 4.60, although the games were only […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.18.2017

Posted May 19, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GREY’S ANATOMY season finale and the 10PM AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  With no NBA game on Thursday night, NBC Sports Net was able to get a win with its NHL PLAYOFFS […]

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