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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 8.9.2017

Posted August 10, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted last week, NFL exhibition season means plentiful local preemptions and thus adjustments.  The chief victim on Wednesday was ABC, which saw its STORY OF DIANA fall 0.3 to 0.7 in final numbers.  In addition, the sitcom reruns aired earlier that night were respectively down 0.2 (THE […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3.22.2015

Posted March 23, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

  A moderately good night for some newcomers. 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+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]

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Broadcast Network Rankings through December 30 — NFL Delivers Again Big Time for NBC

Posted December 31, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

LAST NIGHT.  Christmas came again to NBC in the form of last night’s Sunday Night Football game, the final regular season game of the year but which actually was an extra playoff game.  Washington defeated Dallas in a game that awarded the NFC East title and more importantly the final playoff spot.  The game received a 9.2 […]

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Update: 12.24.2015

Posted December 28, 2015 by Mitch Metcalf

    NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for local THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL preemption, the reruns of THE BIG BANG THEORY, LIFE IN PIECES and MOM all went down 0.1 in final Christmas Eve numbers.  Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  There was so little original cable programming on Christmas Eve that our […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 4.27.2021

Posted April 28, 2021 by Mitch Metcalf

  Just a dismal night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow […]

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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 3/30/14

Posted March 30, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  This weekend was fine… but just wait till next week. OPENINGS:  Polarizing, controversial, dark, revisionist, divisive–and a hit.  NOAH (Paramount/Regency) took in $44M in the US this weekend after a 16% Saturday bump.  That already makes it Darren Aronofsky’s 2d biggest hit after Black Swan.  Of course, it’s also by far his most expensive film, […]

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STATUETTE STAKES: Murphy’s Law

Posted November 9, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> And the hits keep on coming for the Academy:  following Brett Ratner’s hurried exit yesterday, Eddie Murphy has packed his host bag and left the building as well.  This isn’t a huge surprise, as Murphy was brought in by his Tower Heist director in the first place (and Heist isn’t proving to be the […]

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THE BIJOU: Early Weekend Boxoffice – 11/5/11

Posted November 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> Deadline has preliminary weekend boxoffice numbers, and if they hold, PUSS IN BOOTS will have had a remarkable second weekend.  DreamWorks Animation is reportedly claiming a Saturday number doubling its Friday, which would mean a $34M weekend, virtually even with its opening.  We’ll see if this claim survives till Sunday morning, let alone Monday […]

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