Posts Tagged ‘The Sked’
 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Finale Review: “Rectify”

  The fourth and final season of Ray McKinnon’s Sundance series RECTIFY, perhaps the most universally acclaimed television program of the post-Sopranos era, was its most conventional.  There were few surreal stretch...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Pilot Review: “Bad Teacher”

  BAD TEACHER:  Thursday 9:30PM on CBS – Change the Channel There’s rarely much point in transforming an R-rated movie comedy into a broadcast network TV series, especially if the appeal of the movie came larg...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 12.31.2016

  Happy New Year!  Ratings were down from last year, possibly in part because the night fell on a Saturday, but Mariah Carey’s lip-sync disaster will be viral forever. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Season Premiere Review: “Revolution”

  REVOLUTION:  Wednesday 8PM on NBC Can REVOLUTION save itself?  It had the splashiest start of any drama last season, leaping to a 4.1 rating on the back of The Voice.  (That’s even higher than this week’s ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: “Lucky 7” Isn’t, “The Blacklist” Gets Longer and More News

  A moment of silence for the first black bunting of the new season:  giving the lie to its title, the 0.7 rating that LUCKY 7 had in its second airing sealed its doom, making the lottery drama the season’s first fa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.24.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun 20/20 gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Although drastically down from ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 10/17/13

  CW’s experiment with historical romance didn’t get off to a great start. CW:  An 0.8 isn’t a terrible number for CW, so if REIGN can manage to hold there, it has a chance.  But its debut was 0.2 below...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: Saturday Ratings 2.11.2017

DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED NETWORK/CABLE SCORECARD – 11/5/13

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  TROPHY WIFE became even more disastrous in final numbers, falling to a 1.1, which makes it one of the lowest-rated in-season, non-Friday series ever to get a back order.  It’s hard to imagine ABC k...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “The Blacklist: Redemption”

  THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION:  Thursday 10PM on NBC – Change the Channel THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION is for all those who longed to see what The Blacklist would look like without James Spader, a group that could probab...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED Series Premiere Review: “Ja’mie: Private School Girl”

  JA’MIE: PRIVATE SCHOOL GIRL:  Sunday 10:30PM on HBO – Change the Channel JA’MIE: PRIVATE SCHOOL GIRL belongs to that particular British Empire school of comedy in which the central joke is that a femal...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 9.15.2020

  A Presidential Town Hall didn’t change the night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-4...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

THE SKED Fall Finale Review: “Agents of SHIELD”

  For its fall finale (the show is taking a relatively brief break, returning on January 7), AGENTS OF SHIELD turned to its continuing storylines, such as they are.  The script by Co-Producer Shalisha Francis, directed by...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED Series Finale Review: “Nikita”

  There was one last super-powerful conspiracy for NIKITA (Maggie Q) to bring down in tonight’s series finale, and a climactic showdown with arch-villainess Amanda (Melinda Clarke) to survive, as CW’s low-rated...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED NETWORK SCORECARD – 1/12/14

  Tina and Amy remained solid for the Golden Globes. NBC:  In time zone-adjusted numbers, the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS scored a 6.5, up 0.1 from last year’s edition.  It was preceded by 2.8 for the ARRIVALS SPECIAL. CBS:  ...
by Mitch Salem