Posts Tagged ‘olympics’
 

 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS June 27: AGT Shows SYTYCD Who’s the Boss

NBC gave FOX some rare competition on Wednesday night, winning the night and knocking down So You Think You Can Dance, which usually enjoys a competition-free existence. NBC continued live coverage of the U.S. Olympic Trials (...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Olympics Ratings Day 5 — NBC Hoping Closing Ceremony Never Happens

Last night’s coverage of the fifth night of the London Summer Olympics averaged a 12.2 rating with Adults 18-49 on NBC in prime time.  The highlights of the night were the team competition for women’s gymnastics an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Updated Olympic Ratings through Saturday

Last night in prime time, NBC averaged a preliminary 5.0 from 8-11 pm with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm.   The network has often thrown the 8 pm hour out of the nightly average (by delaying national commercials until 9:00).  If ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS June 29: Olympic Gymnastics Trials Lead the Way

Once again, live programming proved to be the only way to attract an audience on a tough night like Friday.  NBC’s continuing coverage of U.S. Olmpic Trials worked well with the TV audience, particularly Gymnastics from ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Olympics Ratings through Six Days

“Only” a 9.7 rating with Adults 18-49 for NBC in prime time last night — a little better than the same night in Beijing but actually lagging behind the same night in Athens.  But they’ll be back into th...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Olympic Ratings through Closing Ceremony

Even the Closing Ceremony did extraordinarily well this Olympics.  In the preliminary fast nationals, NBC averaged an 8.8 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm last night.  NBC usually runs the lower-rated 7 pm hour on the final ni...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS July 1: Olympic Fever Begins to Build

A terrific night for NBC as the Sports division took control of Sunday night from the Entertainment division.  U.S. Olympic Trials coverage of three sports dominated the other networks, posting a 2.5 preliminary Adult 18-49 ra...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: Olympics Ratings — One Full Week

Updated Olympic nightly ratings track and Olympics averages through Thursday, Aug 2.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Animal Practice” Not Best In Show

  NBC wasn’t in any hurry today to release the ratings for last night’s “sneak peek” of its new sitcom ANIMAL PRACTICE, and now we can see why:  less than half the viewers for the Olympics Closing ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

Broadcast Network Weekly & Summer Averages: Bring on the Olympics

Based on fast nationals for Friday-Sunday and official national ratings for Monday-Thursday, the week of July 16-22 looks like ABC and FOX in a tie for first place with CBS and NBC several notches below, fighting to stay out of...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Olympics Ratings — Averages through Eight Nights

And so it begins.  As the competition turns away from the pool and the gymnastics arena to the track & field stadium, the nightly ratings begin to drift down.  Last night looks like an 8.1 rating with Adults 18-49 in the ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Holding on to Network Specials

> Today’s announcement that CBS extended its rights to the Grammy Awards for another 10 years and NBC’s recent winning bid for the next four Olympic Games are evidence that broadcast networks are doing everything po...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/13/12

The party’s over…. NBC:  Quotes from a commercial that doesn’t exist– “NBC, you’ve just had 17 days of fantastic, record-breaking Olympics ratings, and spent every day promoting your new sho...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Summer Olympics Ratings Forecast

Tonight the Summer Olympics from London kicks off with the Opening Ceremony on NBC at 7:30 pm ET and PT.  The first night is generally one of the higher-rated nights of the entire Olympics and sets the tone for the 17-night sp...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Olympics Ratings through Nine Nights

Fast national ratings indicate NBC is on track for an 8.3 rating with Adults 18-49 in prime time Saturday night, well below the same night in Beijing but on par with Athens and Sydney.  The 8.3 rating assumes NBC excluded the ...
by Mitch Metcalf