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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.29.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted May 31, 2023 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.31/0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.23/0.19/0.17. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR returned at 0.30, followed by a rerun at 0.21. FOX:  A NASCAR race in the afternoon at 0.52 was followed by primetime reruns at 0.16/0.14. CW:  Although a few legacy shows will air into the summer, the new administration took […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 10.23.2018

Posted October 24, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The WORLD SERIES adjusted to 3.7, down 0.2 from last year’s Game 1.  Elsewhere, NEW AMSTERDAM gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, although it fell 0.23 from last week to 0.69, […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.4.2019

Posted June 5, 2019 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning’s preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN led Tuesday cable, despite a 0.09 drop to 0.60, with CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST at 0.43 compared to last week’s 0.50/0.41, and the official […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.10.2019

Posted December 11, 2019 by Mitch Salem

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CONNERS and the rerun of FBI gained 0.1 in final numbers.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND ticked down to 0.66, and KINGS OF PAIN was up 0.04 to 0.28.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE […]

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The Sked: Cable Ratings Jan 31-Feb 6

Posted February 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Not much change at the top of the weekly cable ratings chart, with Jersey Shore, Pawn Stars and Teen Mom 2 leading the pack.  However, all three shows were down from recent highs as we enter the February sweep and these shows face nothing but original episodes on the broadcast networks.  Tosh.0 returned to Comedy […]

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THE SKED: Early “Dead”

Posted July 22, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> AMC has just announced the Season 2 premiere for THE WALKING DEAD, and they’ve made an interesting decision:  when the show returns on Sunday October 16, it will air at 9PM instead of its original timeslot at 10.  This is unusual for AMC, which airs Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Killing all at […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.30.2021

Posted August 2, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

        NOTE:  Over time, we’ll be publishing posts like this for the gap period in which ShowbuzzDaily wasn’t operational.  Those posts will not have analysis.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   Top 50 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail Top 150 Original Cable Telecasts To search for a […]

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THE HUNGER GAMES, MAD MEN and Marketing Restraint (Pop Culture Apocalypse Minus 7)

Posted March 16, 2012 by Mitch Salem

> The eagerly-awaited Season 5 of the most honored series on television, an interminable 17 months in the making, contents itself with a single enigmatic image:  Don Draper staring into a department store window, his reflected gaze held by two mannequins, one a naked female, her dress at her feet, the other a seated man […]

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