BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network successfully reshuffled its night.  THE ROOKIE, moved from Sunday and airing for the first time since December 4, was at 0.64 compared to 0.44/0.41 that night.  THE ROOKIE: FEDS shifted to 9PM and in its first airing since November 29 rose 0.13 to 0.44.  The premiere of WILL TRENT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  EMPIRE gained 0.1 (keeping it above its series low) and BLACK-ISH lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Somewhat weirdly, the premiere of Syfy’s INCORPORATED rated higher on its USA simulcast (0.20) then on Syfy itself (0.15). Neither […]

  NOTE: Network news special reports last night for the Impeachment vote in the House of Representatives interrupted some programming. Precise program start and end times with actual program ratings will be available later this afternoon. The numbers below are time period numbers with approximate schedules as a rough guide. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]

  Movie audiences can’t get enough of watching things blow up, and tonight’s ACADEMY AWARDS has the potential to explode before our very eyes.  Everyone knows the litany of what’s gone awry along the way, from the host/no-host mess, to the Most Popular Film Oscar that never was, to the foiled attempt to hold the […]

>The year to date box office tally picked up a tiny bit of ground moving from -3.8% versus last year to -3.7% this week.        The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 24 and October 30 grossed a mediocre $123 million, up 4% versus the same week in 2010 but down […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  CELEBRITY WATCH PARTY gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE topped Thursday cable, steady at 0.47, and RIDICULOUSNESS was at 0.15.  Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NYC jumped 0.09 to 0.45, and TOP CHEF was […]

>Through Thursday, the ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft remains extremely close.  Team Metcalf is holding on to a $16 million lead (with over $1.2 billion in box office to $1.19 billion for Team Salem’s slate of films).  This weekend the second weekend of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (belonging to the Salem Studio) […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The finale of BROKE and CELEBRITY WATCH PARTY gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the reruns of SVU and MOM lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A Trump Town Hall put Fox News’s HANNITY at the top of […]