cable large2
Articles

THE SKED: Cable Ratings Scorecard – 6/14-18

Posted June 19, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  FRIDAY STARZ:  The network continues to have a hard time getting any traction for its original scripted shows, as MAGIC CITY returned for its second season with a miniscule 500K viewers, of whom only 30% were under 50 (an 0.1 rating). SYFY:  CONTINUUM held just about even, with 1.3M viewers and an 0.4 rating [...]

Full Story »

Cable Jun 16 2013
Articles

Top Cable and Broadcast Telecasts of the Week

Posted June 18, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated broadcast and cable rankings for this week and last.

Full Story »

true blood2
Articles

THE SKED: “True Blood” Premiere A Bit Drained

Posted June 17, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  The Season 6 premiere of HBO’s TRUE BLOOD wasn’t quite as hearty as last year’s launch, with 4.5M total viewers for the initial broadcast (demo details aren’t available yet, although it should be around a 2.5 in 18-49s), compared to 5.2M last season, plus another 1.1M viewers for the 11PM rebroadcast.  That’s below last [...]

Full Story »

pretty little liars
Articles

THE SKED: “Pretty Little Liars” Premieres Strong; Jury Out On “Twisted”

Posted June 12, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  ABCFamily had a big night on Tuesday with the Season 4 premiere of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, which had a 1.3 rating in 18-49s and 2.9M viewers, with even bigger numbers in the network’s target demos (4.1 in Females 12-34, 6.6 in Female Teens, 3.2 in Women 18-34 and 2.1 in Women 18-49).  The target [...]

Full Story »

cable large2
Articles

THE SKED: Fri-Mon Cable Ratings

Posted June 11, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  FRIDAY STARZ:  The season finale of DA VINCI’S DEMONS didn’t suggest much enthusiasm for Season 2, with a 0.1 rating in the 18-49 demo and less than 400K total viewers on its initial airing.  It didn’t earn a particularly young audience, either, with about 60% of its viewers over 50. SYFY:  CONTINUUM had an [...]

Full Story »

king maxwell2
Articles

THE SKED: TNT Launches “King & Maxwell” Fairly Well

Posted June 11, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Last night’s premiere telecast of KING & MAXWELL gave TNT a decent 0.6-0.7 rating in the 18-49 demo and 3.5M total viewers, an old-skewing result (only around one-quarter of total viewers were under 50) that’s consistent with its lead-in MAJOR CRIMES, albeit losing about 30% of that show’s numbers.  If King can hold there, [...]

Full Story »

Cable Jun 9 2013
Articles

Top Cable and Broadcast Telecasts of the Week

Posted June 11, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The top programs on both broadcast and cable over the last few weeks.  Programs scoring a 1.3 adult 18-49 rating or higher are listed.  Also, for reference, The Tony Awards on CBS Sunday was added to the list.

Full Story »

game of thrones3
Articles

THE SKED: Preliminary Cable Ratings for “Game Of Thrones” and “Falling Skies”

Posted June 10, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Remember all those people who said they’d never watch GAME OF THRONES or for that matter HBO again after the Red Wedding?  Well, they didn’t go anywhere.  Last night’s Season 3 finale had a viewership of 5.4M people, even higher than the 5.2M who tuned in for the Stark/Frey nuptials.  It was also a [...]

Full Story »