Posts Tagged ‘modern family’
 

 

THE SKED WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD

    The calendar may say it’s too early for the dog days of summer, but they’ve arrived at CBS.   CBS:  DOGS IN THE CITY fell sharply from its low debut to an awful 0.9, below most of the reruns on N...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROGRAM FORMATS — How Many Commercials Can Be Crammed In?

>A friend of the site provided an interesting piece of television history, the original program format NBC issued to production company Witt-Thomas-Harris for a pilot tentatively titled Miami Nice.  Of course, the pilot ul...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 4

. We’re 4 full weeks into the season, and it’s time to ask:  What do we know now that we didn’t know a week ago? Reruns Are Bad.  In the past few days, ABC has ordered extra episodes of GREY’S ANATOMY,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS May 2

>American Idol kept FOX on top in the first Wednesday of the May Sweep, despite continued declines from last year.  CBS and ABC trail with fairly respectable nights (CBS down a couple of tenths from last year and ABC up th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: THE EMMY NOMINATIONS

  Nominations have just been announced for the 64th annual Emmy Awards.  The full list is here; below is a rundown of some of the major categories and early thoughts: BEST DRAMA Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Downton Abbey...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Wednesday Week 5 — World Series Begins, Nation Yawns

We are estimating Game 1 of the World Series last night (Detroit at San Francisco) will go up from a 3.2 in the fast nationals to around a 3.8 in the official nationals later today.  Although that will be enough to win the nig...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/2/12

> The lows keep coming. ABC:  MODERN FAMILY, THE MIDDLE, SUBURGATORY and REVENGE all set or tied season lows last night, and the only reason DON’T TRUST THE B— IN APT 23 didn’t was because it had aired th...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Emmy Odds – Theirs and Ours: Comedy

> With the help of some online bookmaking sites, we have the latest “official” odds for tonight’s Emmy Awards.  Let’s take a look about what they say about the conventional wisdom, and make some adj...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 2/29/12

> February Sweeps go out not with a bang, but with the other thing. ABC:  The first “midseason arc” episode of REVENGE looked almost exactly like all the other episodes, so it was fitting that the rating stayed...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/31/12

  Halloween is traditionally not a great night for network TV, especially on the younger-skewing side, brecause viewers have other plans.  Last night was no exception. ABC:  With all the promos for NASHVILLE, THE CMA AW...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5/9/12

      Sometimes a win can also be a disappointment. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL was the highest rated show on the air last night, and gave FOX the nightly win.  But… its 4.4 was a series Wednesday low, down 0.3 f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Emmy Thoughts

> Another TV year is officially in the books, and the statuettes have been handed out to prove it.  Since the Emmys end at 8PM LA time for the convenience of East Coast eyes, by midnight the main parties are trailing off, ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: ABC Fall Premiere Dates

  ABC used its podium at the Television Critics’ Association gathering today to finally release the premiere dates for its fall shows.  They are:   Friday Sept 14 8PM:   SHARK TANK 9PM:   WHAT WOULD YOU DO?...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 14

>Original episodes graced the schedules of CBS and ABC Wednesday night, bringing ABC back above a 2 rating for the night and CBS close to a 3 rating.  American Idol suffered a bit, down four tenths of a rating point with A...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Wednesday Week 7 — Time to Strip The Voice

NBC upended last night with a Voice episode displaced by the Election Night coverage, powering NBC to a winning 3.2 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm and pushing Chicago Fire to a season high.  ABC appears to be back on trac...
by Mitch Metcalf