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The Sked: WEDNESDAY Ratings

Posted April 3, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Wednesday preliminary broadcast ratings:

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 4/1/14

Posted April 2, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was a little solace for the networks in some of the adjusted numbers.  NBC, CBS and ABC all went up at 8PM, and while NCIS and THE VOICE had 0.1 hikes, AGENTS OF SHIELD climbed 0.2–although that still left it down 0.1 from its previous episode.  (THE ORIGINALS rerun dropped 0.1.)  […]

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The Sked: TUESDAY Ratings

Posted April 2, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Tuesday preliminary broadcast ratings:

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/30/14

Posted April 1, 2014 by Mitch Salem

NETWORK UPDATE:  A very strong night for CBS.  The NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun adjusted up by 0.1 to 4.8, and then 60 MINUTES went up 0.3 to 2.8.  THE GOOD WIFE was up 0.1 to 1.8, and since THE AMAZING RACE stayed even in the previous hour, the GOOD WIFE bump can’t be attributed to the […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/31/14

Posted April 1, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER finale climbed an extra 0.1 in final numbers and the FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES lost 0.1, but the ugly numbers for the latter were in the quarter hours, where MOTHER had a 6.0 from 8:45PM-9PM, and then fell more than half to 2.8 when BETTER LIVES […]

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NIELSENWAR: The Value of Giant Sports Events

Posted March 31, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Thanks to the NCAA Tournament, CBS had a strong week, while the continuing decline of the new dramas on ABC and NBC dragged them down.  CBS had the weekly win (Live + Same Day, 5 days actual + 2 days overnights) with 2.09, up 0.30 from last week.  ABC followed at 1.50 (down 0.02), […]

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UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/28/14

Posted March 31, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  MONDAY UPDATE:  There were several 0.1 adjustments, a couple of which are worth noting.  HANNIBAL’s increase was reduced by half when it lost 0.1 from early numbers, and HART OF DIXIE didn’t go up at all when the adjustment was factored in.  LAST MAN STANDING, THE NEIGHBORS, DATELINE and 20/20 all bumped up 0.1 […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

Posted March 31, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball NCAA Men’s Tournament: Elite 8 Round 9.0 rating CBS 5:00 pm Sunday #8-Kentucky vs […]

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