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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/20/13

Posted May 21, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Viewers have started to exit the season before it’s even ended, as neither premieres nor finales excited anyone last night. NBC:  THE VOICE, as usual, won the night for NBC, but with its lowest-rated Monday episode ever, a 3.4 that was down 0.4 from last week.  In that context, REVOLUTION looked good by holding [...]

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THE SKED’S SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/19/13

Posted May 20, 2013 by Mitch Salem

Live awards shows have been surging in the DVR age, and last night it happened again. ABC:  The BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS blew away the competition with a 3.6 (peaking at 3.9 in the 9-9:30PM half-hour), the show’s highest rating in 10 years and up a huge 1.2 from last year.  Before that, the season finale [...]

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THE SKED’S FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/17/13

Posted May 18, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Only one show last night topped a 1.5 rating. ABC:  An 8PM SHARK TANK only managed a 1.2, but the 9PM season finale zoomed up to a 1.9, easily the highest-rated show of the night (but down a tick from last week).  2d highest:  the 1.5 for 20/20, although that was down 0.2 from [...]

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UPDATED: THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/16/13

Posted May 17, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Last night’s festival of season/series finales was also a riot of off-hour running times, and there will be more than the usual number of afternoon adjustments once final numbers are on.  The analysis below features updated American Idol, The Office  and Hannibal numbers from the ones in this morning’s chart.  Note from the “if [...]

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THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/15/13

Posted May 16, 2013 by Mitch Salem

It was another dim night for most of network TV. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL tied its Wednesday series low 2.9 for the third week in a row.  That was down 2 full ratings points from last year’s parallel night.  Last night, instead of a 2d hour of Idol, an episode of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN [...]

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/14/13

Posted May 15, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  With May sweeps/Upfront week ratings like last night’s, you have to feel sorry for the network Ad Sales departments. FOX:  A night of premieres and finales caused no excitement.  SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE premiered with a 1.9, down half a point from last year’s debut.  The season finales of NEW GIRL and [...]

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THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/13/13

Posted May 14, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Everyone wanted to see the Mother. CBS:  The hugely-hyped season finale of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, which included the show’s biggest reveal, flew up 0.8 from last week to a 3.4. That was still below last season’s finale, but it was far higher than the show has done in recent weeks.  The 2 [...]

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The Sked: MONDAY Ratings Charts

Posted May 14, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Monday ratings. Original episode track  

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