7 Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s live coverage of the 2013 Emmy Awards!  Will this be the year Netflix storms the barricades with House of Cards?  Will the Academy decide it can love a sit-com as much as it does Modern Family?  Stay tuned… (All Times PDT) 5:02PM:  CBS came awfully close, but the Jets game ended […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of SHARK TANK was at 0.48, up 0.03 from last week and down 0.07 from the 2021 finale.  20/20 was steady at 0.35. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.05 to 0.26, followed by reruns at 0.20/0.25. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST ticked up to 0.23, and DATELINE was up […]

> It turns out that while Americans are football crazy, they’re not crazy. FOX:  The first-ever PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, in which UCLA was never close to nationally-ranked Oregon, could only manage a dismal 1.4 rating in 18-49s (although given the West Coast focus of the game, that could come up in final national ratings).  On […]

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  OPENINGS:  With a $17.5M Friday that should get it close to $50M for the weekend, GRAVITY (Warners) is the first of the year’s Oscar hopefuls to get both rapturous reviews (98% on Rotten Tomatoes) and strong audience support.  That doesn’t guarantee awards in February–the Academy often resists science-fiction and fantasy when it’s time to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.37.  CW’s originals were at 0.04/0.02.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.83, with TOP RANK BOXING at 0.17, and COLLEGE BASEBALL at 0.16/0.16.  On ESPN2, FORMULA 1 was at 0.24, with UFC PRELIMS at 0.16 and […]

> As football season approaches its regular-season climax, viewers just can’t get enough of it. ABC:  The network’s female-oriented line-up is meant to survive football, but ABC has been shooting itself in the foot in recent weeks.  Last night was the 2d time in 3 weeks that ONCE UPON A TIME was the only regular […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.84/0.67.  VH1’s BLACK INK CREW gained 0.08 to 0.56.  The season finale of Comedy Central’s SOUTH PARK rose 0.03 to 0.46, […]