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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.16.2019

Posted October 17, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for CHICAGO MED and THE MASKED SINGER in final numbers, while CHICAGO PD and ALMOST FAMILY lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1’s BASKETBALL WIVES topped Wednesday cable at 0.54, down 0.02 from last […]

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SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings 11.26-27.2016

Posted November 30, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday November 26-27, 2016.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 150K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, November 28-29, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 1.8.2017

Posted January 10, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The GOLDEN GLOBES adjusted to 5.6, up 0.1 from last year’s final number.  In addition, after adjusting for the NFL runover, THE SIMPSONS dropped 1.4 to 3.5, and SON OF ZORN fell 0.5 to 1.8.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.10.2017

Posted March 13, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  NOTE: Sunday (and Saturday) fast nationals still delayed.     NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 drops for BLUE BLOODS, GRIMM and DATELINE in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Despite many COLLEGE BASKETBALL tournaments on Friday cable, Discovery continued to rule the night […]

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NIELSENWAR: “Game of Thrones” Premiere and Other Early Sunday Cable Numbers

Posted April 7, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  It was a dull week for the broadcast networks, with little variation from the week before.  CBS had the advantage, thanks to the series finale of How I Met Your Mother, giving it a 2.16 average in 18-49s for the week (5 nights same day finals, 2 nights overnights), up 0.08.  ABC followed with […]

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The Sked: Thursday Network Scorecard 12.28.2017

Posted December 29, 2017 by Mitch Salem

  NBC seems to be bailing on GREAT NEWS. 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 follows […]

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Broadcast News & Late Night Series: 4.20-4.26.2020

Posted April 28, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post.   Week 17: April 20-26, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: […]

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THE SKED: “Major Crimes” Has Moderately Major Debut

Posted August 14, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  The older fans who cherished TNT’s THE CLOSER came out in force for its series finale on Monday night, boosting its total audience by 50% from last week to a massive (for cable) 9 million viewers.  In pure percentages, its 18-49 number rose even more sharply, by 60%, but the show skewed so old […]

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