NETWORK FINALS:  20/20 and both the new and rerun episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION dropped 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO’s REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER took the Friday cable throne on a very slow night, down 0.02 […]

  Not enough viewers believed in fairies. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

NETWORK UPDATE:  The season finale of ONCE UPON A TIME, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and the primetime overrun of PGA GOLF gained 0.1 in final numbers, while DATELINE lost 0.1.  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  GAME OF THRONES (HBO) once again wore the Sunday crown, down 0.08 to 3.48.  Elsewhere on HBO, SILICON VALLEY dropped 0.11 to 0.92, LAST WEEK TONIGHT […]

  See Also:  THE SKED’s Pre-Upfront Projected NBC Fall 2013 Schedule                  THE SKED’s Pre-Upfront Projected FOX Fall 2013 Schedule We’re continuing with SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s versions of the Fall 2013 network schedules, which may or may not reflect what the networks will actually announce at their Upfront presentations next week.  These schedules, as usual, were put […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was on top at 1.83.  USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.13/1.08/1.03 compared to last week’s 1.09/1.09/0.97, and NINJA VS NINJA was up 0.06 to […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE VOICE gained 0.1 in final numbers to 3.1 (STATE OF AFFAIRS held its 2.2).  SLEEPY HOLLOW also rose 0.1.  With local football simulcasts removed, DANCING WITH THE STARS reduced rose by 0.1 to 2.3 2.5, and CASTLE lost 0.2 to 1.8–although both were still up significantly from last week.  Ratings in key […]

NOTE: NFL Preseason pre-emptions for CBS (New York), FOX (San Francisco-Oakland), and CW (Atlanta) may lead to adjustments in final numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total […]

>At the midpoint of the summer, the four major broadcast networks are moving closer together each week.  NBC had been dominating earlier in the summer, but with the departure of The Voice and to some extent the NHL Playoffs, the peacock has slid from a weekly average of around a 2 rating with Adults 18-49 to […]