Posts Tagged ‘Prime Suspect’
 

 

THE SKED: Welcome To “Prime Suspect” Week On NBC

> PRIME SUSPECT had an awful 1.3 rating in 18-49s last week, despite NBC’s having given it a vote of confidence with an order for 6 additional scripts, which would allow for continuous production should the show receive a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: “Prime Suspect” Bites the Dust

> When NBC announced its midseason schedule yesterday and PRIME SUSPECT was nowhere to be found, that was clearly bad news for a shaky show. Today came the confirmation: the show is officially dead. Not a surprise, since even w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Thursday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/6/11

> Once-glorious Thursdays continue to become just another broadcast network night. NBC:  Before the season started, all the attention on THE OFFICE was focused on how the show would replace Steve Carell.  But it’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: UPDATED – Thursday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 9/22/11

> On what has traditionally been the flagship night for network television, a mostly subdued start. NBC:  Amidst the carnage of its premiere week, finally there was a tenuous hour of good news for the Peacock.  THE OF...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Broadcast Network On-Air Promotion

>Last night in the hit summer shows (NBC’s America’s Got Talent and FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen), we took a look at the priorities for new fall series promotion.  The big winners on NBC were the comedies W...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: Broadcast Network On-Air Promotion July 20

>Last night we had our first look at CBS’s current promotional priorities in the one-hour Big Brother at 8:00 pm.  With a fairly light on-air promo load, dramas got the lion’s share of time: Unforgettable (one ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS October 13

> The X Factor won Thursday (the fourth of the season) with a 3.6 Adult 18-49 rating.  The Thursday track for X Factor has been 4.3…3.9…4.0…3.6.  The 3.6 will probably go up to a 3.7 or 3.8 in the of...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED: Thursday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/13/11

> On a rare night this week not affected by baseball, a mixed set of results for the networks. NBC:  The strategy of double-pumping WHITNEY and PRIME SUSPECT with repeat episodes on Mondays and Wednesdays in order to expos...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/24/11

> The World Series continued to have little effect on the competition, although that might change on Wednesday. CBS:  Once adjustments are made to remove local coverage of last night’s football game, the line-up shou...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/17/11

> The final Thursday of November sweeps wasn’t impressive for anyone. ABC:  The network had to be disappointed with the 2.5 earned by its 2-hour, much-promoted “intervention” episode of PRIVATE PRACTICE, ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Monday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/10/11

> Baseball threw FOX–sorry–a curveball, but there was plenty of bad news for everyone last night. FOX:  Since the playoff game lasted until 8:52PM eastern time, it isn’t clear why FOX didn’t just fi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: UPDATED – CW Declares All-Out Victory; NBC Rewards the Undead

> The definition of “success” on network television becomes ever more flexible… CW has decided to make lemonade with its awfully lemony-looking new shows, and it’s given back-orders to HART OF DIXIE, THE...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Tuesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/25/11

> Another night of atypical FOX programming as we head to the World Series endgame(s). ABC:  The real test for the network’s new sitcoms will be next week when Glee returns, but ABC can’t be happy with the prel...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 12/1/11

> Even with weakened competition on the other 2 networks, NBC and FOX weren’t able to capitalize. NBC:  There were holiday specials on ABC and reruns on CBS, and none of it did much for the NBC line-up.  COMMUNI...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Wednesday Ratings – Network Scorecard – 10/26/11

> It was a great night to be ABC. ABC:  With the World Series tricking FOX, it was all treat for the Alphabet.  Noteworthy in the general wave of success was that HAPPY ENDINGS shot to a 3.5, and while that won’...
by Mitch Salem