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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.22.2019

Posted February 25, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  Note that the FOX line-up was incorrect, and that the 8PM hour consisted of LAST MAN STANDING at 1.0 (originally listed as an hour at 0.9) followed by THE COOL KIDS at 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 25 Thursday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 1.15.2015

Posted January 16, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICAN IDOL gained 0.1 in final ratings, and the WORLD DOG AWARDS also retrieved an extra 0.1. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): Sports topped Thursday cable, with TNT’s NBA doubleheader at 1.01/0.73, and Syfy’s WWE coverage between them […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 5.2-3.2015

Posted May 4, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Click here for a look at sports ratings from the same weekend last year. Triple Crown: Kentucky […]

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The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS November 16 & Sweep Update

Posted November 17, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Three weeks into the November sweep, FOX remains in first place, holding on to a 20% increase over last November.  CBS is up 9%, ABC down 2%, and NBC even with last November in fourth place.  FOX won the third Wednesday of the sweep by a mile, up 73% over the same night last year.  […]

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Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Standings

Posted August 26, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). With two preseason NFL games this past week (Friday and Saturday), CBS jumped to the top of the networks in prime time for the week ending Sunday.  (Last week, FOX had two games and claimed the […]

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Weekly & Season to Date Network Ratings

Posted May 13, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  CBS and ABC were up int he most recent week, mostly because of Survivor‘s finale on CBS Sunday and ABC’s Saturday carrying an NBA playoff game. Adult 18-49 Prime Time Rating THIS WEEK Same Week […]

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THE SKED: WHAT TO WATCH THIS FALL ON FRIDAYS (1st Draft)

Posted May 27, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The networks have proclaimed their Fall schedules, the new series have been (partially) unveiled, so… what now?  What will actually be worth watching when network TV comes back to life in a few months?  SHOWBUZZDAILY is here to help you out.  The good news is that since virtually all TV series are available these […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.23.2017

Posted June 26, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of HAWAII 5-0 gained 0.1 and the reruns of MACGYVER and RIVERDALE lost the same in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD stayed at the top of Friday cable, despite a 0.08 drop to […]

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